Topography
Bad River Reservation is nearly entirely covered by a forest and swamps. In Anishinabe, they called Anishinabe people who lived around swamps Maskigowok. Maskigo means swamp. Ma-ski-go-wok means swampy people. It also goes by Ma-ski-go-na-bek which means swampy men. Nabe is the word for male and man in Anishinabe. On the northern border of the Reservation, the elevation tends to be between 600 and 700 feet above sea level. Southwards the elevation increases to between 700 and over 1,100 feet above sea level. Scattered across the Reservation are many small lakes.
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