Formerly named Squaw Bay, the name was changed because the word "squaw" is thought by many to be derogatory, but the word is pejorative. In Chippewa, the name is or was "Ga-nitagekweiag, mourning squaw bay, from "nitagekwe," a woman in mourning.

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