...I double dog dare Mark Carney to declare that it is actually named Niigani-gichigami
August 27, 2026 at 11:53 PM
...I double dog dare Mark Carney to declare that it is actually named Niigani-gichigami
Joke's on them it's not actually Lake Ontario either it's Niigani-gichigami
August 27, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Joke's on them it's not actually Lake Ontario either it's Niigani-gichigami
Lake Superior @lakesuperior.bsky.social #GichiGami #LakeSuperior #GreatLakes #PureMichigan #EastCoastKin #ThirdCoast #LandscapePhotography
October 4, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Just got back from a trip to Agawa Bay on Lake Superior or Gichigami, with three generations of Nodwells. Had an amazing time and such an amazing place! #Photography #EastCoastKin #LakeSuperior
September 4, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Just got back from a trip to Agawa Bay on Lake Superior or Gichigami, with three generations of Nodwells. Had an amazing time and such an amazing place! #Photography #EastCoastKin #LakeSuperior
If we're renaming bodies of water now, we might as well go with the classics.
January 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
If we're renaming bodies of water now, we might as well go with the classics.
Ojibwe word of the day: Gichigami.
November 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Ojibwe word of the day: Gichigami.
gichigami, man. it’s our tiny ocean
September 6, 2026 at 11:42 PM
gichigami, man. it’s our tiny ocean
They are, going down-stream, Anishinaabewi-gichigami, (Huge) Ininwewi-gichigami (bays are for sportsmen), Naadowewi-gichigami (worst steep seas), Waabishkiigoo-gichigami (stupid shallow), and Niigaani-gichigami (or Cateraqui).
Regardless of name, none of them tolerate fascism.
Regardless of name, none of them tolerate fascism.
July 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
They are, going down-stream, Anishinaabewi-gichigami, (Huge) Ininwewi-gichigami (bays are for sportsmen), Naadowewi-gichigami (worst steep seas), Waabishkiigoo-gichigami (stupid shallow), and Niigaani-gichigami (or Cateraqui).
Regardless of name, none of them tolerate fascism.
Regardless of name, none of them tolerate fascism.
A pretty picture from a place I've been.
ᐅᒋᑉᐧᐁ ᑭᒋᑲᒥ gichigami
ᐅᒋᑉᐧᐁ ᑭᒋᑲᒥ gichigami
November 19, 2024 at 7:02 PM
A pretty picture from a place I've been.
ᐅᒋᑉᐧᐁ ᑭᒋᑲᒥ gichigami
ᐅᒋᑉᐧᐁ ᑭᒋᑲᒥ gichigami
an argument for restoring the name Gichigami
Opinion | While we’re at it, let’s rename Lake Superior, too
As debate flares over Lake America vs. Ontario, there’s another Great Lake whose name we should reconsider, writes Wayne Dupuis.
www.startribune.com
September 2, 2026 at 12:44 PM
an argument for restoring the name Gichigami
ROFLMAO!
Pudding-head thinks he can rename Niigaani-gichigami!
Pudding-head thinks he can rename Niigaani-gichigami!
August 25, 2026 at 11:45 AM
ROFLMAO!
Pudding-head thinks he can rename Niigaani-gichigami!
Pudding-head thinks he can rename Niigaani-gichigami!
The Great Lakes Indigenous names as derived:
Superior: Gichigami (Ojibwe, "Big Water")
Michigan: Mishigami (Ojibwe, "Large Lake")
Huron: Owentarek (Wendat, "Great Lake")
Erie: Erige (Erie, "Cat/Cougar")
Ontario: Ontarí’io (Huron, "Beautiful Lake")
project.geo.msu.edu/geogmich/pal...
Superior: Gichigami (Ojibwe, "Big Water")
Michigan: Mishigami (Ojibwe, "Large Lake")
Huron: Owentarek (Wendat, "Great Lake")
Erie: Erige (Erie, "Cat/Cougar")
Ontario: Ontarí’io (Huron, "Beautiful Lake")
project.geo.msu.edu/geogmich/pal...
August 29, 2026 at 7:55 PM
The Great Lakes Indigenous names as derived:
Superior: Gichigami (Ojibwe, "Big Water")
Michigan: Mishigami (Ojibwe, "Large Lake")
Huron: Owentarek (Wendat, "Great Lake")
Erie: Erige (Erie, "Cat/Cougar")
Ontario: Ontarí’io (Huron, "Beautiful Lake")
project.geo.msu.edu/geogmich/pal...
Superior: Gichigami (Ojibwe, "Big Water")
Michigan: Mishigami (Ojibwe, "Large Lake")
Huron: Owentarek (Wendat, "Great Lake")
Erie: Erige (Erie, "Cat/Cougar")
Ontario: Ontarí’io (Huron, "Beautiful Lake")
project.geo.msu.edu/geogmich/pal...
Let’s go back to its real name “Gichigami”
August 29, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Let’s go back to its real name “Gichigami”
I've seen it even angrier than that. Don't mess with gichigami.
November 19, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I've seen it even angrier than that. Don't mess with gichigami.
July 30, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Whoa, is that why Gordon Lightfoot sings about Gichigami in Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald? Today I learned!
January 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Whoa, is that why Gordon Lightfoot sings about Gichigami in Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald? Today I learned!
Real Superior heads know the big lake is called Gichigami
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Real Superior heads know the big lake is called Gichigami
Those lakes already have names, and a bigger F.U. would be to change them back to their real names!
Anishinaabewi-gichigami
Ininwewi-gichigami
Naadowewi-gichigami
Waabishkiigoo-gichigami
Mishigami
Gichigami
Anishinaabewi-gichigami
Ininwewi-gichigami
Naadowewi-gichigami
Waabishkiigoo-gichigami
Mishigami
Gichigami
January 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Those lakes already have names, and a bigger F.U. would be to change them back to their real names!
Anishinaabewi-gichigami
Ininwewi-gichigami
Naadowewi-gichigami
Waabishkiigoo-gichigami
Mishigami
Gichigami
Anishinaabewi-gichigami
Ininwewi-gichigami
Naadowewi-gichigami
Waabishkiigoo-gichigami
Mishigami
Gichigami
On the big lake they call
Gichigami…
Gichigami…
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
On the big lake they call
Gichigami…
Gichigami…