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Whitefish Bay

Origin of Whitefish Bay

Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin | Wisconsin Historical Society
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Whitefish Bay, in Chippewa, is Atikamego-wikwedong, "at, to, from, white fish bay," from "atikameg" (a white fish) and "wikwedong," (bay).

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