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.^[1] The estimated population was 70 in 1977.^[2]

[edit] References

^ Cordes, Jim (1989). Pine County ... and its memories. North Branch: Jim Cordes.
^ Highway Map of Pine County, 2006

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Pine County, Minnesota

County seat: Pine City

Cities	Askov \| Brook Park \| Bruno \| Denham \| Finlayson \| Henriette \| Hinckley \| Kerrick \| Pine City \| Rock Creek \| Rutledge \| Sandstone \| Sturgeon Lake \| Willow River

Townships	Arlone \| Arna \| Barry \| Birch Creek \| Bremen \| Brook Park \| Bruno \| Chengwatana \| Clover \| Crosby \| Danforth \| Dell Grove \| Finlayson \| Fleming \| Hinckley \| Kerrick \| Kettle River \| Mission Creek \| Munch \| New Dosey \| Nickerson \| Norman \| Ogema \| Park \| Partridge \| Pine City \| Pine Lake \| Pokegama \| Royalton \| Sandstone \| Sturgeon Lake \| Wilma \| Windemere

Unincorporated communities	Beroun \| Chengwatana \| Cloverdale \| Duquette \| Lake Lena \| Nickerson \| Pokegama \| West Rock