WINGRA CANOE & SAILING CENTER
About Our Club
Wingra Canoe and Sailing Center has been in business for over 30 years and has enjoyed serving Madison. We are a family business and you are our most important customer. We look forward every summer to opening our doors and making sure your time on the lake is enjoyable by being as friendly and courteous as we can.
STAFF
Tyler Leeper
Tyler is a native to Madison and has been a part of Wingra Canoe & Sailing Center for over 7 years. His earliest childhood memories include swimming in ponds, fishing on Mendota and hanging under the trampoline of a Hobi 16' on Lake Michigan. His passion for nature and anything water related has led him to focusing his efforts on making it easier and more enjoyable to access the incredible natural resources that are often right in people's back yards.
Wingra Canoe and Sailing Center has been in business for over 30 years and has enjoyed serving Madison. We are a family business and you are our most important customer. We look forward every summer to opening our doors and making sure your time on the lake is enjoyable by being as friendly and courteous as we can.
Tyler LeeperTyler is a native to Madison and has been a part of Wingra Canoe & Sailing Center for over 7 years. His earliest childhood memories include swimming in ponds, fishing on Mendota and hanging under the trampoline of a Hobi 16' on Lake Michigan. His passion for nature and anything water related has led him to focusing his efforts on making it easier and more enjoyable to access the incredible natural resources that are often right in people's back yards.
Alex Glebs
Nick Remis
Denali Lucas
Ana Sessler
Dylan Remis
Summer Leeper
John Knauf
Kyle Urtes
Dean Leeper
About the Lake
Lake Wingra is approximately 345 acres, and measures twenty feet at its deepest point. In the center, however, it is only 10-15 feet deep. Over 80% of the lake is surrounded by the UW Arboretum. With no motors allowed on weekends and no wake ever allowed it is a peaceful and scenic place to spend an afternoon. Lake Wingra boasts some of the largest fish in the area. It's known for large musky, as well as medium-sized pan fish. Wingra Park provides a fantastic recreation area, including a basketball court, soccer field, picnic tables, a playground, and plenty of room for frisbee, bocci ball, or tanning.
Fun Facts
Lake Wingra is approximately 345 acres, and measures twenty feet at its deepest point. In the center, however, it is only 10-15 feet deep. Over 80% of the lake is surrounded by the UW Arboretum. With no motors allowed on weekends and no wake ever allowed it is a peaceful and scenic place to spend an afternoon. Lake Wingra boasts some of the largest fish in the area. It's known for large musky, as well as medium-sized pan fish. Wingra Park provides a fantastic recreation area, including a basketball court, soccer field, picnic tables, a playground, and plenty of room for frisbee, bocci ball, or tanning.
Fun Facts
- Lake Wingra is one of four lakes in the area.
- Lake Wingra Is 85% surrounded by protected natural habitat.
- There are no houses on the shoreline.
- It is the smallest of the lakes, at 345 acres.
- Lake Wingra is spring fed.
- Lake Wingra has great fishing and is considered one of Wisconsin's best Muskellunge lakes.
- No motors are allowed on the lake on weekends and holidays.
- Motors (under 5mph) can be used on weekdays.
- It is the smallest of the lakes, at 345 acres.
- No motors are allowed on the lake on weekends and holidays.
- Motors (under 5mph) can be used on weekdays.
- Most swimmers head to Vilas Beach on the east shore of the lake.
