Name Origins
- Lake Erie
- from Erie tribe, a shortened form of the Iroquoian word erielhonan (long tail)
- Lake Huron
- named by French explorers for inhabitants in the area, Wyandot or "Hurons"
- Lake Michigan
- likely from the Ojibwa word mishigami (great water)
- Lake Ontario
- Wyandot (Huron) word ontarío (lake of shining waters)
- Lake Superior
- English translation of French term lac supérieur (upper lake), referring to its position north of Lake Huron. The Ojibwe people called it gitchigumi
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