The Menominee, Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi tribes called the river by Indian names meaning "rily, whitish water," caused by white, soft clay in some parts of it. The town is named from the river.

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[Source: Wis. Hist. Coll. 3: 428 (note).]