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Namekagon

Origin of the town and river Namekagon, Wisconsin

Namekagon, Wisconsin | Wisconsin Historical Society
Dictionary of Wisconsin History.

Nuh-ma-ka-gun, from namekagan, meaning "sturgeon ground" or "place of the sturgeon."

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