Special Sections THE CRANBERRY COUNTRY CRIER | Page 6

Cranberry Country Crier

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Harvest:
families. They also provide
year-round jobs for marsh
managers, maintenance
workers and the hundreds
of people who work in the
state’s canning factories.
The majority of Wisconsin cranberries are grown
in the Wisconsin Rapids
area, but they are also
grown in Manitowish Waters, Hayward and Eagle
River.
Five
cranberry
marshes surround the
town of Three Lakes in
Oneida County.
In addition to the beds
where cranberries are
grown, owners control another 160,000 to 170,000
acres of land to support the
beds.
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