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Rapid WI

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American Whitewater 46.1301, -91.5577

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Gauge Conditions

Namekagon River at Leonards, WI Upstream Primary

Runnable: ? – ? CFS

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Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Description

People cannot agree on either the spelling or the pronunciation for this river! (This often happens with anglicized versions of Native American words.) As pointed out on the WIDNR website:

The name "Totogatic" comes from the Ojibwa word "Totogan" meaning "place of floating bogs" or "boggy river" (according to Romance of Wisconsin Place Names, Heartland Press, 1988). Plat books, maps and tour books show a couple of spellings for the river and its namesake flowages. "Totagatic" and "Totogatic" are used interchangeably in these reference materials (sometimes both are used on the same page!).

Pronunciation is varied between "Tuh-TO-ga-tec," "To-TA-ga-tec," "To-to-GAT-ic," "To-BA-tec," and just "TO-ga-tec" according to long-time local residents. Each of these spellings and pronunciations seems to have a strongly-defended local following, and devotees of one will consider use of the others as incorrect.

Location

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Gauge Conditions

Description

Location

Other Rapids on This Run (16)

Current Conditions

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