Term: Algoma origin of place name | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Algoma [origin of place name]

Term: Algoma origin of place name | Wisconsin Historical Society
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A'Goma, "Snow-shoe" (Potawatomi).Changed in September 1897 from Ahnapee, which meant "when or at what time."

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[Source: Rev. E. P. Wheeler; A. Skinner in Milwaukee Public Musuem Bulletin. r.6 p.399]