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LocationMN
RegionCass County
Managed byUS Army Corps of Engineers
SizeLarge — multiple days
Acres48,057 acres

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". The name is related in structure to Lake Winnipeg and to the Algonquian name for Lake Winnebago, which the Ho-chunk Nation was named after. The Lake's area of 67,000 acres makes it the fourth largest in Minnesota. The headwaters of the Mississippi River begin at Lake Itasca; where it flows through Winnibigoshish, the Mississippi is at its widest - more than 11 miles. The former Winnibigoshish Township, located on the north shore of Lake Winnibigoshish, in Itasca County, Minnesota, was named after this lake.

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