Lake Namekagon [origin of place name] | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Lake Namekagon [origin of place name]

Lake Namekagon [origin of place name] | Wisconsin Historical Society
Dictionary of Wisconsin History.

Or "Nimikagan Lake," in Chippewa it's Namekagan, "sturgeon-place," where there are many sturgeons.

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