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Siskiwit Bay [origin of place name] | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Siskiwit Bay [origin of place name]

Siskiwit Bay [origin of place name] | Wisconsin Historical Society
Dictionary of Wisconsin History.

Siskiwit Bay, in Chippewa, is Siskawekaning, place where they catch siskawit fish, a kind of very fat white fish.

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