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Wikwemikong, Wikwemikong Reserve
Located on Manitoulin Island (Insects Island) at Ontario, is Wi-kwe-mi-kong. It means Bay Beaver Place in Ojibwa. It's a locative. It should be pronounced as "Wi-Kwe-mi-koag" to identify a people or "Bay Beaver People." That "koag" rythmes with "vogue." In Ojibwa, Bay is "Wikwed" and Beaver is "Amik." They excluded 'd and a' for some reason. It should be pronounced "Wi-kwed-ah-mi-kong." It's much easier to pronounce! Instead, they opted for a difficult pronunciation. Notice the locative? The locative is "ong." It's added after "k" to make it a locative meaning "area, location, place, region." They can also use "Ah-mik-wi-kwed-ong." Translation is reversed correctly to "Beaver Bay Place." Writing it 'Ah-mik Wi-kwed'ong" is rejected there! Why they prefer combining words is because whites who wrote the first Ojibwa Language Dictionaries, combined Ojibwa words. Ojibwa's very frequently used vowels to dress their words. Examples: Wi-kwe Mi-kong to Wi-kwe-oh Mi-kong or Wi-kwed-oh Ah-mi-kong; Ah-mi-ka Wi-kwed-ah-ong; ect. They always place an "n" in their locatives. Their locatives include all Ojibwa vowels. Not only an "o" vowel. Below are several links to google earth photos of Wikwemikong. This Shawnee Ojibwa community is a nice looking town. Many businesses are located there yet not enough to provide enough employment for everyone in need of employment. Latest population (2021) for this Reserve is 2,728. I don't know this towns population. I would guess this town has around 600 to 800 housing units. 2021's average household size for this Reserve was 2.6 persons per household which is way below normal for Ojibwa communities. That could indicate this towns population is between 1,500 and 2,000. Most people live at Wi-kwe-mi-kong. Other communities of Wikwemikong Reserve include Bu-zwa, Ka-bo-ni, Mai-an-gow-i, Two O'Clock, Wa-bo-zo-min-is-sing (locative) and Wi-kwe-mi-kon-sing (locative). There are 1,040 housing units within this Reserve with nearly all at Wi-kwe-mi-kong. They estimate that 500 or over 500 people speak Ojibwa at this Ojibwa Reserve.
Wikwemikong Satellite Image
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