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Pokegama Creek

Coordinates: 45°52′02″N 93°02′31″W / 45.86722°N 93.04194°W / 45.86722; -93.04194
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Pokegama Creek in Pine County with its headwaters in Kanabec County is a stream in the U.S. state of Minnesota.[1]

Pokegama is a name derived from the Ojibwe language Bakegamaa (/pɒʔˈkkʌˌmɑː/) meaning "the water which juts off from another water",[2] which describes Pokegama Lake that the Creek flows into in relation to the Snake River.

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pokegama Creek
  2. ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 413.

45°52′02″N 93°02′31″W / 45.86722°N 93.04194°W / 45.86722; -93.04194