Eau Claire, city, seat of Eau Claire County and also in Chippewa County, western Wisconsin, at the confluence of the Chippewa and Eau Claire rivers; incorporated as a city 1872. It is the commercial, transportation, and processing center of a dairy-farming and livestock-raising area. Manufactures include rubber and paper products, engine parts, electronic equipment, fabricated steel, and processed food. The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (1916) is here. The community grew as a logging center after a sawmill was built on the Eau Claire River in 1846. Its name, taken from that of the river by early fur trappers, is French for “clear water.” Population 51,509 (1980); 56,856 (1990); 61,704 (2000).Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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