Pokegama, Minnesota

Pokegama (/pəˈkɛɡɒˌmɑː/) is an unincorporated community in Pokegama Township, Pine County, Minnesota, United States; along the southern shores of Pokegama Lake.

Its name in Ojibwe is Bakegamaang, meaning "at the side-lake", referring to Pokegama Lake's position to the Snake River.

[2] Originally an Ojibwa village, Pokegama housed a Presbyterian Mission ran by Frederick Ayer, claiming to print the first Christian Bible in the Ojibwe language in Minnesota.

[3] As of 2004, Pokegama held the Minnesota state record low temperature records for March (-49 F in 1897), November (-45 F in 1896), and December (-57 F in 1898).

This article about a location in Pine County, Minnesota is a stub.

Map of Minnesota highlighting Pine County