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==Geography== According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|1041|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|1008|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|33|sqmi}} (3.2%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_55.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 2, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> [[Image:Ice Age Trail Picnic Lake.jpg|thumb|October view of Picnic Lake from the Ice Age Trail west of Cornell]] Parts of northern Chippewa county are covered with choppy hills dimpled by [[kettle lakes]] and bogs—the [[terminal moraine]] left by [[Wisconsin glaciation|the last glacier]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Syverson|first1=Kent M.|title=Pleistocene Geology of Chippewa County, Wisconsin|date=2007|publisher=Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey|location=Madison|pages=36β46|url=https://wgnhs.wisc.edu/pubs/000127/|access-date=October 11, 2020}}</ref> The [[Ice Age Trail]] threads through some of this country, providing public foot-access to these unusual landforms.<ref>{{cite web|title=About the Ice Age Trail|url=https://www.iceagetrail.org/ice-age-trail/|publisher=Ice Age Trail Alliance|access-date=October 11, 2020}}</ref> ===Adjacent counties=== * [[Rusk County, Wisconsin|Rusk County]] β north * [[Taylor County, Wisconsin|Taylor County]] β east * [[Clark County, Wisconsin|Clark County]] β southeast * [[Eau Claire County, Wisconsin|Eau Claire County]] β south * [[Dunn County, Wisconsin|Dunn County]] β west * [[Barron County, Wisconsin|Barron County]] β northwest ===Major highways=== {| | * [[Image:US 12.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 12]] * [[Image:US 53.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 53]] * [[Image:WIS 27.svg|20px]] [[Highway 27 (Wisconsin)]] * [[Image:WIS 29.svg|20px]] [[Highway 29 (Wisconsin)]] | * [[Image:WIS 40.svg|20px]] [[Highway 40 (Wisconsin)]] * [[Image:WIS 64.svg|20px]] [[Highway 64 (Wisconsin)]] * [[Image:WIS 124.svg|20px]] [[Highway 124 (Wisconsin)]] * [[Image:WIS 178.svg|20px]] [[Highway 178 (Wisconsin)]] |} ===Railroads=== *[[Union Pacific]] *[[Wisconsin Northern Railroad]] *[[Canadian National]] ===Buses=== *[[Eau Claire Transit]] ===Airports=== * KEAU - [[Chippewa Valley Regional Airport]] * 4WI9 - [[Cornell Municipal Airport]]
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