Island Lake is an

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is located in the town of Big Bend, in Rusk County,

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, United States. Originally known as Burpee's Place, Island Lake is located along

Wisconsin Highway 40 State Trunk Highway 40 (often called Highway 40, STH-40 or WIS 40) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It runs in north–south in northwest Wisconsin from near Elk Mound to Radisson, passing through Sawyer, Rusk, Chippewa, and D ...

, on the northeast shore of Island Lake, 10 miles south of the village of

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. The community has a Church of Christ, along with the adjacent Island Lake Cemetery. The Big Bend Town Hall is located within the community. Island Lake is located 19 miles southwest of

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Unincorporated communities in Rusk County, Wisconsin Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin {{RuskCountyWI-geo-stub