Pokegama Lake (Minnesota)

Pokegama Lake is the name used for two lakes in the U.S. state of Minnesota.
One is located near Grand Rapids in Itasca [County, Minnesota|Itasca County]. The lake was made into a reservoir by the construction of the Pokegama Lake Dam on the Mississippi River in Cohasset, Minnesota. The other Pokegama is located near Pine City in Pine County.
Pokegama is a name derived from the Ojibwe language Bakegamaa meaning "the water which juts off from another water," which describes the lake's connection to its near-by river: to the Snake River in Pine County, and to the Mississippi River in Itasca County.