Traditionally, there has been a stretch of the Minocqua Thoroughfare (the water channel connecting Lake Minocqua, Mid Lake and Tomahawk Lake) that was not subject to slow-no-wake designation. The location of this 3,000-foot stretch was between the mouth of Mid Lake and 1,200 feet north of the Thoroughfare Road bridge.
The northernmost portion of this stretch lies in the Town of Woodruff and the southernmost portion lies in the Town of Minocqua, but it briefly snakes back into the Town of Woodruff in the middle of the Minocqua portion.
Late in 2020, the Woodruff Police Department discovered that its code of ordinances did in fact designate the entire Thoroughfare as slow-no-wake in 1989. On January 26, 2021, The Woodruff Town Board met and re-affirmed that Town’s position that all parts of the Thoroughfare shall be designated slow-no-wake in Woodruff.
The Minocqua Town Board met on March 2, 2021, to consider slow-no-wake designation for the entire Thoroughfare. This topic had been on a couple Minocqua Town Board agendas in prior months for general discussion. After discussion, the Minocqua Town Board voted to designate the entire Thoroughfare as slow-no-wake.
This action will take effect by April 22, 2021.
CLICK HERE for map and travel time comparisons between slow-no-wake and powered speeds.
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