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Rice Lake, Wisconsin | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Rice Lake, Wisconsin

Origin of Rice Lake, Wisconsin

Rice Lake, Wisconsin | Wisconsin Historical Society
Dictionary of Wisconsin History.

Rice Lake, in Chippewa, is Manominikaning, at wild rice place, where they gather wild rice, from "manomin," wild rice, and "manominikan," wild rice place.

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[Source: Card file at the WHS Library reference desk]