Eagle Point is a town in Chippewa County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.

[3] The unincorporated communities of Eagle Point and Eagleton are located in the town.

The dams forming Old Abe Lake are just upstream from the unincorporated community of Jim Falls, across the river to the east in the town of Anson.

For the 6-mile (10 km) square that includes the part of Eagle Point below modern Jim Falls, the surveyor wrote this general description: The Surface of this Township except in the vicinity of the Streams is level or gently rolling.

North of Gauthier Creek and west of the River the Surface is covered with Aspen thickets and Oak timber.

The Prairie in this Township is nearly level has a light sandy soil and can be easily brought into cultivation.

and a small field near the North side of Section 32 and a Dwelling House At the foot of Eagle Rapids belonging to James Allen are all the improvements in This Township.

[4]The same crew surveyed the next six-mile square up the river, north of modern Jim Falls, finding more settlers: This Township has a gently rolling surface is well watered and has a good soil of Loam, Sand and gravel.

The Swamps are generally timbered with Tamarac Spruce Birch Black Ash and Maple White Cedar and Hemlock These Swamps are covered with a thick layer of Moss Which usually rests on a sand & gravel bottom(?).

The rapids in This Township in Section 16 fall about 10 feet in one fourth of a Mile and offer every(?)

[5]In 1861, Daniel McCann, who was a resident of Eagle Point, encountered Ahgamahwegezhig.

[6] This Indian had captured an eaglet, which he gave to McCann in exchange for a bushel of corn.

After McCann sold the eagle to soldiers of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment, she became their mascot Old Abe and accompanied them during many battles of the Civil War.