Lake Winnibigoshish

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.