As reports and crude maps went back to Europe these Indian names were combined with names the French thought more appropriate.

What are the indian names for the great lakes. Although Lake Baikal in Russia has a larger volume of water the combined area of the Great Lakessome 94250 square miles 244106 square kilometresrepresents the largest. In the fall and winter they hunted and trapped moving in small family groups to winter hunting camps. Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians.

I have seen June 1890 only vol. Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. Of the Algonquian languages 1891 p.

Notable tribes around the Great Lakes included people we now call the Chippewa Fox Huron Iroquois Ottawa Potawatomi and Sioux. Porcupine Mountains The Indian name for these highlands like those of other prominent Great Lakes landform features such as Mackinaw Island Turtle Island the Beaver Islands and the Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes originates from their imagined resemblance when seen across the water to the animal named. The names of the five Great Lakes are Lake Superior Lake Michigan Lake Huron Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.

Its name comes from the Ojibwa Indian mishigami which means large lake Lake Michigan is actually only the third largest of the Great Lakes but its size is still impressive and it also has an unusual water flow. The Great Lakes are the largest surface freshwater systems on Earth and contain roughly 21 percent of the world water supply. I but have heard that vol.

EnteredaccordingtoActofCongressintheyeariS88by DW 1GHrH KELTON in theofficeof LibrarianofCongressatWashington. II is stereotyped--Pilling Bibl. Most Indian groups living in the Great Lakes region for the last five centuries are of the Algonkian language family.

These lakes contain approximately 84 percent. In the language of Wyandot Indians. What are the names of the four Great Lakes.