Lake Winnibigoshish

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Lake Winnibigoshish
Location	Minnesota
Lake type	reservoir
Primary inflows	Mississippi River
Primary outflows	Mississippi River
Basin countries	United States

Lake Winnibigoshish is a body of water in north central Minnesota, in the Chippewa National Forest. Its name come from the Ojibwe language Wiinibiigoozhish, meaning "putridly stagnant waters"; the name is related in structure to Lake Winnipeg and to the Algonquian name for Green Bay, to which the Ho-chunk (Winnebago) Nation was named after.

The former Winnibigoshish Township (now unorganized), located on the north shore of Lake Winnibigoshish, in Itasca County, Minnesota was named after this lake.