Manitou - Wikipedia

Manitou has entered the names of several places in North America. The name of Lake Manitoba (for which the Canadian province of Manitoba is named) derives from the area called manitou-wapow, or "strait of the Manitou" in Cree or Ojibwe, referring to the strange sound of waves crashing against rocks near the Narrows of the lake. [4] Manitoba is also home to Whiteshell Provincial Park 's ...

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