Mole Lake, home of the Sokaogon Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, is located 7 miles south of Crandon on beautiful Route 55. In 2007 the new Mole Lake Casino, Lodge, and Conference Center was opened. Complete with a full service bar, cafe, 75 room hotel, conference rooms capable of holding 200 people, and a full service casino, this is a great addition to the Mole Lake Community

The Sokaogon Chippewa are of Algonquian origin having migrated from eastern Canada a thousand years ago. They were led by a vision that their journey would end in a land where "food grows on water"… wild rice. Their history was depicted on birch bark scrolls called Midewiwin (Medicine) Scrolls.

Family clans moved here to Mole Lake area over 300 years ago from Madeline Island. Rice Lake was rich in wild rice and competition from the Sioux Indians resulted in the "Battle of Mole Lake." The Sioux were defeated in a fierce hand-to-hand battle. Today there stands a marker where many Sioux fell.

Sokaogon means, "Post in the Lake People" because of a spiritual significance to a sacred post in Post Lake. The Sokaogon Chippewa are also known as the Lost Tribe because the legal title to the 12-mile square reservation went down in a shipwreck on Lake Superior in the 1800s.

Events: Two Powwows are held annually, T.R.A.I.L.S on the first weekend in March and the Strawberry Moon Powwow on Father's Day Weekend at the Mole Lake Campgrounds.

Fish Hatchery: Volunteers raise millions of walleye fingerlings for area lakes and streams.