Marlands, Wisconsin
| Marlands, Wisconsin | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
  Marlands, Wisconsin  Marlands, Wisconsin | |
| Coordinates: 45°57′22″N 89°48′59″W / 45.95611°N 89.81639°WCoordinates: 45°57′22″N 89°48′59″W / 45.95611°N 89.81639°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Wisconsin |
| County | Vilas |
| Elevation | 1,588 ft (484 m) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code(s) | 715 & 534 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1569059[1] |
Marlands is an unincorporated community in the town of Lac du Flambeau, Vilas County, Wisconsin, United States. Marlands is located on the eastern shore of Fence Lake 4 miles (6.4 km) east-southeast of the community of Lac du Flambeau.
The Marlands get its name from the famous Mars family which built a large timber lodge there, complete with a private boat channel and a number of cottages. The lodge burned down in the 1970s. The lodge was a notable structure as it utilized no nails, only pegs to hold the timbers together. The fire was witnessed by neighbors across Mars Bay, a bay within Fence Lake named for the Mars family.
Other notable families on Fence Lake are the Davidson's of Harley-Davidson, the Johnson Wax family built the Lighthouse resort, and a number of prominent industrialists located on the shores of Mars Bay.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |