Pokegama Lake (Minnesota)
Lake in the state of Minnesota, United States
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Pokegama Lake is the name used for two lakes in the U.S. state of Minnesota.
| Pokegama Lake | |
|---|---|
| Bakegamaa-zaaga'igan (Ojibwe) | |
Pokegama Lake in Grand Rapids | |
  Pokegama Lake | |
| Location | Pine County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 45°50′24″N 93°2′24″W |
| Type | lake |
One is located near Grand Rapids in Itasca County.[1][2] The lake was made into a reservoir by the construction of the Pokegama Lake Dam on the Mississippi River in Cohasset, Minnesota. The other Pokegama is located near Pine City in Pine County.[3]
Pokegama is a name derived from the Ojibwe language Bakegamaa meaning "the water which juts off from another water," [4] which describes the lake's connection to its near-by river: to the Snake River in Pine County, and to the Mississippi River in Itasca County.