Wazee Lake is a former open-pit iron mine east of Black River Falls that has been transformed into a recreational lake since mining operations ceased in the 1980s. At depths exceeding 120 metres and with extraordinary water clarity, it's one of the premier scuba diving lakes in the Midwest — you can see the old mine structures on the bottom. Several dive charters operate on the lake.
For non-divers, the lake offers swimming, fishing, and picnicking at the county park on its shore. The turquoise-blue water in the clear-day photographs is genuinely that colour in person — the result of the depth and the absence of surface runoff. The lake sits about 20 minutes east of Black River Falls on County Road O.