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Eagle River is a city in and the county seat of Vilas County in Wisconsin's Northwoods, with a population of 1,628 at the 2020 census.

Eagle River is known as the 'Snowmobile Capital of the World' because the World Championship Snowmobile Derby has been held for over 50 years on an ice oval on the north side of the city.

Vilas County maintains over 500 miles of groomed snowmobile trails, and both the World Snowmobile Headquarters and the International Snowmobile Hall of Fame are located in Eagle River.

The Eagle River–Three Lakes Chain of Lakes is made up of 28 lakes, the largest chain of inland interconnecting lakes in the world.

Eagle River took its name from the abundance of eagles nesting along the river; Bethuel Draper and 'Dutch Pete' Cramer are believed to have named the community in 1853, and the town of Eagle River was created in 1885.

Eagle River stands on the site of the first permanent Native American settlement in the Wisconsin Northwoods, located where the Wisconsin River and the Chain O' Lakes meet.

Eagle River is also called the 'Hockey Capital of Wisconsin': the Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame sits inside Eagle River Stadium, and the city hosts national pond hockey championship games.

At the 2010 census, Eagle River's 1,398 residents lived in 684 households, and more than half of all households were non-families, reflecting the city's many seasonal and retirement homes.

Eagle River's winters are long and severe: temperatures fall below zero on about 39 days a year, and average annual snowfall is about 76.5 inches.

Because of its many lakes, Eagle River is a popular vacation and retirement destination filled with condominiums, seasonal vacation homes, and hunting cabins.