Winnebago Pool

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Much of the Winnebago Pool from space, July 1996. Lake Winnebago is in the center, with Big Lake Butte des Morts just to the right of the center of the lake, and Lake Winneconne and Lake Poygan proceeding thence toward the right side of the image. Lake Winnebago runs along a roughly north-south line, with the south end of the lake being toward the top of this image.
Much of the Winnebago Pool from space, July 1996. Lake Winnebago is in the center, with Big Lake Butte des Morts just to the right of the center of the lake, and Lake Winneconne and Lake Poygan proceeding thence toward the right side of the image. Lake Winnebago runs along a roughly north-south line, with the south end of the lake being toward the top of this image.

The Winnebago Pool is a collective name for a group of interconnected lakes in eastern Wisconsin. The Winnebago Pool includes Lake Winnebago, Big Lake Butte des Morts, Lake Poygan and Lake Winneconne. These lakes combined encompass over 166,000 acres (672 km²) and account for nearly 17% of the total surface water area in Wisconsin (not counting the Great Lakes). They generally have a water surface elevation of about 746, some 170 feet above the Bay of Green Bay which is about 39 river miles to the northeast. The primary feed waters of the Winnebago Pool are the Wolf River, Fox River and Fond du Lac River. Lakes Winnebago and Big Lake Butte des Morts (along with Little Lake Butte des Morts to the northeast) served as part of the Fox-Wisconsin Waterway.

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