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Lake Winnibigoshish is a body of water in north central Minnesota in the Chippewa National Forest. Its name comes from the Ojibwe language Wiinibiigoonzhish , a diminutive and pejorative form of Wiinibiig , meaning "filthy water" (i.e., "brackish water").
The original 1884 dam under construction. The Winnibigoshish Lake Dam is a dam at the outlet of Lake Winnibigoshish into the Mississippi River in Minnesota, United States. The dam crosses the county line between Cass County and Itasca County, and lies within the Leech Lake Indian Reservation.
It is located entirely within the boundaries of the federally managed Chippewa National Forest, and is managed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. The 56,470 acres (22,850 ha) [1] Lake Winnibigoshish is located entirely within the forest; additionally the forest has public access to Leech Lake and Cass Lake.
Gildow recalled a recent season on Cut Foot Sioux Lake, connected to Lake Winnibigoshish. He and a lot of other anglers with the same idea were casting into 2 to 3 feet of water and hitting ...
Ojibwa women in canoe, Leech Lake. The Forest was established as the Minnesota Forest Reserve on 27 June 1902, with the passage of the Morris Act. [2] While this act mainly addressed the disposition of unallotted lands on Ojibwe Indian reservations in Minnesota, 200,000 acres (810 km 2) of the Chippewas of the Mississippi, Cass Lake, Leech Lake, and Winnibigoshish Indian reservations were ...
This is a list of lakes of Minnesota. Although promoted as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes", Minnesota has 11,842 lakes of 10 acres (4.05 ha) or more. [ 1 ] The 1968 state survey found 15,291 lake basins, of which 3,257 were dry. [ 2 ]
The Leech Lake Reservation (Gaa-zagaskwaajimekaag in the Ojibwe language) is an Indian reservation located in the north-central Minnesota counties of Cass, Itasca, Beltrami, and Hubbard. The reservation forms the land base for the federally recognized Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe , one of six bands comprising the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe ...
Baudette area: On the south end of Lake of the Woods, anglers are finding a good sauger and walleye bite. Anglers near the Northwest Angle are finding a good bite for a variety of fish, including ...