Eau Claire, capital of Eau Claire county, Wisconsin, at the mouth of the Eau Claire River, and at the head of navigation on the Chippewa River, 183 miles NW. of Madison by rail. It has a vast trade in lumber, and contains numerous saw-mills, besides planing-mills, grist-mills, foundries, and machine-shops. Pop. (1870) 2293; (1880) 10,119; (1890) 17,415.
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