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Pokegama Lake (Minnesota)

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Lake in the state of Minnesota, United States
Pokegama Lake
Bakegamaa-zaaga'igan (Ojibwe)
Pokegama Lake in Grand Rapids
Location of the lake in Minnesota.Location of the lake in Minnesota.Pokegama Lake
LocationPine County, Minnesota
Coordinates45°50′24″N 93°2′24″W / 45.84000°N 93.04000°W / 45.84000; -93.04000
Typelake

Pokegama Lake is the name used for two lakes in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

One is located near Grand Rapids in Itasca County. The lake was made into a reservoir by the construction of the Pokegama Lake Dam on the Mississippi River in Cohasset, Minnesota. The other Pokegama is located near Pine City in Pine County.

Pokegama is a name derived from the Ojibwe language Bakegamaa meaning "the water which juts off from another water," which describes the lake's connection to its near-by river: to the Snake River in Pine County, and to the Mississippi River in Itasca County.

See also

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pokegama Lake (Minnesota)
  2. "LakeFinder - Pokegama Lake - Minnesota DNR". Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  3. "LakeFinder - Pokegama Lake - Minnesota DNR". Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  4. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 413.


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