Lake Killian is a small kettle lake wholly encompassed by

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Pearson, Wisconsin Pearson is an unincorporated community in the town of Ainsworth, Langlade County, Wisconsin, United States. Pearson is west of Pickerel and north-northeast of Antigo, the county seat of Langlade County. The community is situated on Pickerel C ...

. It is a central geographic feature of the camp, dividing it into East Camp and West Camp on opposing sides of the lake. Both East Camp and West Camp maintain aquatics facilities where campers can complete various merit badges. The lake is used by scouts on both sides of the lake for fishing, swimming, and boating. Spring Lake Road, which goes through the scout reservation, is named for the lake.

Hydrology

Lake Killian receives all of its water from springs and precipitation; the only outflow is Skid's Creek on the west side of the lake. Skid's Creek drains from so far north in the lake that water in the southern basin has a significantly greater residence time than more northern waters.

Bathymetry

The bathymetric character of Lake Killian is dominated by a shallow northern third, with depths under 3 metres. The lake steadily deepens moving toward its center, with a deep central basin of 5 metres' depth or deeper occupying the central third. The southern and eastern portions of the lake are generally deeper than the northern and western regions. A large sandbar, less than a metre under the surface and stretching a hundred metres from end to end, dominates the southwestern extremity of the lake and is surrounded by comparatively shallow waters. The deep central basin of the lake plunges to a maximum of , though the average depth is much shallower, only .

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Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan Scout Reservation
{{DEFAULTSORT:Killian Lake Geography of Langlade County, Wisconsin

Killian Killian or Kilian, as a given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the ot ...

Kettle lakes in the United States