Three Lakes is located at the junction of U.S. Route 45 and Wisconsin Highway 32 9 miles (14 km) south-southeast of Eagle River.

[5] As an early railroad was being surveyed, the surveyors had to backtrack and re-route the tracks two times to get around the three lakes.

The explanation penciled in on the surveyor's map was 'three lakes', hence where the town got its name.

[6] Media related to Three Lakes (CDP), Wisconsin at Wikimedia Commons

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