Fond du Lac

Fond du Lac

Fond du Lac , city (1990 pop. 37,757), seat of Fond du Lac co., E central Wis., in a resort region at the south end of Lake Winnebago; inc. 1852. The city's economy is based on dairy farming and the manufacture of machine tools, leather goods, engines, and auto parts. A French fur-trading post in the late 18th cent., it later grew into a lumbering town. After the arrival of the railroad, it became an industrial city. Marian College of Fond du Lac and a branch of the Univ. of Wisconsin are there.

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Fond du Lac

Fond du Lac, Canada, USA 1. Canada (Saskatchewan): has much the same meaning as the American town (see 2), although it is not located at the end of Lake Athabasca.2. USA (Wisconsin): founded as a French trading post in 1785, it was given a name to indicate its position ‘(at the) end of the lake’, this being at the southern end of Lake Winnebago.

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