Eau Claire
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Eau Claire (French for "clear water", pl. eaux claires) is the name of a number of locations and features in North America. The name is pronounced as if it were spelled "O'Clare". Template:TOCright
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Geologic feature
- The Eau Claire Formation is an Upper Cambrian geologic formation[1] named after Eau Claire, Wisconsin[2]
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Place names (Canada)
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Communities
- Eau Claire, Calgary a neighborhood in Calgary, Alberta
- Eau Claire, Ontario a community approximately 8 miles W. of Mattawa, Ontario
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Lakes
- Lac a l'Eau Claire a lake in northern Quebec [3]
- L'Anse Eau Claire a lake in Labrador [4]
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Geologic feature
- Eau Claire Gorge is a section of rapids along the Amable du Fond River, near Eau Claire, Ontario.
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Park
- Eau Claire Gorge Conservation Area, heritage site preserving the Eau Claire Gorge area.[5][6][7]
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Place names (United States of America)
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Communities
- Eau Claire, Michigan
- Eau Claire, Pennsylvania
- Eau Claire, South Carolina, a suburban neighborhood of Columbia, South Carolina [8]
- Eau Claire, Wisconsin
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County
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Rivers
- Eau Claire River is the name of three rivers in Wisconsin (articles named according to rivers to which each of the three rivers are tributaries):
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Lakes
- Lake Eau Claire, a reservoir in eastern Eau Claire County, formed by a hydroelectric dam on the Eau Claire River (Chippewa R. tributary)
- Eau Claire Lakes, a chain of 11 lakes in Douglas and Bayfield counties, in northwest Wisconsin, including Lower Eau Claire Lake, Middle Eau Claire Lake and Upper Eau Claire Lake, the headwaters of the Eau Claire River (St. Croix R. tributary)[9]
- Eau Claire Flowage, an arm of Lake Wausau, at the mouth of the Eau Claire River (Wisconsin R. tributary) in Schofield, Wisconsin
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Parks
- Eau Claire River Trail, a recreational park trail in Weston, Wisconsin
- The Dells of the Eau Claire River are a series of bluffs and rapids along the Eau Claire River (Wisconsin R. tributary) in NE Marathon County, Wisconsin, now a county park.[10]