Corruption of the Ojibwe word wassa, "far away" (V.) Wau-suh, "far off, a distance off" (W.) First known as Big Bull Falls - given that name by early explorers.

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[Source: Card file at the WHS Library reference desk;Rhinelander Herald, 7 Jan. 1905; Milwaukee Sentinel, Aug. 29, 1939.]