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Stretching Waters [origin of place name]
The chain of little lakes commencing about three miles southwest of Waupaca. Known to the Menominees as the She-she-pa-ko-na, which means "Stretching Waters."
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[Source: Ware, John M. A Standard History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin, p. 204.]