Real name is Be-wa-que-do-sa-ga-lgun, the first part of which means whittlings (shavings), and the second part (sa-ga-lgun) of which means lake."In the old days when the Indians came to this lake they found a man there engaged in whittling shavings."

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[Source: Miocqua Times in Land O' Lakes Journal, Aug-Oct, 1927.]