| Pokegama Lake | |
| Location: | Pine County, Minnesota |
| Coordinates: | 45.84°N -93.04°W |
| Type: | lake |
| Pushpin Map: | Minnesota |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of the lake in 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.[1] 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.[2]
Pokegama is a name derived from the Ojibwe language Bakegamaa meaning "the water which juts off from another water," [3] 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.