Gitche Gumee

alternative Gichigami · alternative Gichi Gami · alternative Kitchi Gami

1. colloquialLake Superior.

   1974-05-27, Sports Illustrated, https://www.si.com/vault/1974/05/27/614719/off-the-shores-of-gitche-gumee OFF THE SHORES OF GITCHE GUMEE (article title)

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   But this presents no difficulty to “Gitche Gumee,” for the German weather forecasts could easily enable the force to choose a period of calm or of favourable winds.

   1909, James Anson Farrer, Invasion and Conscription: Some Letters from a Mere Civilian to a Famous General

   The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down / Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee.

   1976, Gordon Lightfoot, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

   The Race to Lake Gitche Gumee Begins

   2012, Bradley Carlson, Wisconsin 1 Step at a Time: Taking Steps to Trample Muscular Dystrophy, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 111

   Perhaps the most well known is Gitche Gumee. Long before settlers arrived in Keweenaw County, the Ojibwa gave the great lake this name, translating to “big water.”

   2014, Jennifer Billock, Keweenaw County, Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN, page 69