Pokegama, Minnesota

Pokegama, Minnesota

Pokegama is a small unincorporated community within Pokegama Township,Pine County, Minnesota, United States, along the Pokegama Lake. Its name in Ojibwe is "Bakegamaang", meaning "at the side-lake", referring to Pokegama Lake's position to the Snake River.

Originally an Ojibwa village, it housed a Presbyterian Mission ran by Frederick Ayer, claiming to print the first Christian Bible in the Ojibwe language in Minnesota. [Cordes, Jim (1989). "Pine County ... and its memories". North Branch: Jim Cordes.] The estimated population was 70 in 1977. [ [http://www.dot.state.mn.us/maps/cadd/county/pine1.pdf Highway Map of Pine County, 2006] ]

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