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of the

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in northwestern

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in the

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. Via the Totagatic, Namekagon and

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rivers, it is part of the

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of the

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. It rises in southwestern Bayfield County and flows southwestwardly into southeastern Douglas County, where it joins the Totagatic. The

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settled on "Ounce River" as the stream's name in 1938. According to the

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, it has also been known historically as the "Ounse River", "Owense River", shortened from "Totacaticonce River" and "Totogaticanse River", thereby meaning "Small Totagatic River", where "Totogatic River" (''Doodoogaatig-ziibi'' in the Ojibwemowin) means "River of Boggy Riverway"; thus, ''Dootoogaatigoons-ziibi'' means a "River of a Small and Boggy Riverway." The suffix ''ens'' on a consonant

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ed word or ''oons'' on a w-stemmed word in Ojibwemowin indicates "little" or "small".

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(1992). ''Wisconsin Atlas & Gazetteer''. Freeport, Maine: DeLorme. . * Rivers of Wisconsin Rivers of Bayfield County, Wisconsin Rivers of Douglas County, Wisconsin {{Wisconsin-river-stub

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