Not much in the way of fish and wildlife. It works just like a bathtub. My other question concerns Sunset Beach in Kimberly, which also is man-made. Let's do the easy one first. Al Schaefer, community enrichment director for the Village of Kimberly, said that Sunset Beach lake works a lot like a bathtub.
Water is pumped in from a well, and flows out of an overflow drain.
This also serves to circulate new water, so the whole thing doesn't turn into a chunk of sludge. The lake, by the way, is lined with clay that is topped with sand. Legend Lake, near Keshena, originally was eight interconnected lakes. Just for the record, they were Wahtohsah, Skice, Spring, Pestigo, Sapokesick, Pywaosit, Big Blacksmith and Little Blacksmith lakes. They were, according to Doug Cox, environmental specialist in the Menominee tribe's Environmental Services Department, a rich source of fish, waterfowl and wild rice.