CranberryLink©
The website, CranberryLink©, is for those with cranberry interests and for those interested in cranberries. It is the only direct and categorized link of health, shopping, services, and information "Connecting with North America's Native Red Fruit."
CranberryLink© is not only a new website, but also a place. In 1945, a Mess Hall was built on the property of Central Cranberry Company, which is now Glacial Lake Cranberries, Inc., to feed those who worked daily on the cranberry marsh. This building is now CranberryLink© Visitor Center that feeds visiting minds and links the company’s and the industry’s history to current cranberry production in Wisconsin.
Cranberry memorabilia including the often-collected rakes, labels and boxes, and various other cranberry collectibles decorate and compliment CranberryLink© Visitor Center Visitors are also able to view select industry-related videos and access www.cranberrylink.com. Glacial Lake Cranberries, Inc. is a participating grower with the Wisconsin Rapids Visitors and Convention Bureau’s Cranberry Highway and the CranberryLink© Visitor Center is a fun and memorable stop for Central Wisconsin visitors.We look forward to you "Connecting with North America's Native Red Fruit", the only organized and categorized CranberryLink©.
The formation of the Dells of the Wisconsin River began 500 million years ago, during the Cambrian period. During that time the Wisconsin Dells was covered by a huge sea of water. Gradually, the sand compacted and collected on the sea bottom, forming layers of solid rock, which went virtually untouched for millions of years.
About 19,000 years ago, a glacier extended to within four miles east of the Dells. Situated on the extreme eastern margin of what is known as the Driftless Area, Wisconsin Dells was never covered by glacial ice sheets.
The glacier melted about 15,000 years ago and formed Glacial Lake Wisconsin, a lake about the size of Utah’s Great Salt Lake and as deep as 150 feet. The last ice that held back the waters of Glacial Lake Wisconsin began to melt. The failed ice dam unleashed a catastrophic flood; the lake’s depth dropped to 50 feet. The meltwaters cut deep, narrow gorges and unusual rock formations into the sandstone and formed the steep-sided canyons we see today. The flood most likely cut the gorges in the Dells in a matter of days or weeks as the swift water eroded away the soft sandstone.
The rushing waters carved their way through the sand leaving behind spectacular caverns, hauntingly beautiful passageways and towering cliffs that reach 100 feet high.
