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Meaning & History
Located in the state of Michigan, this Upper Peninsula county, which features the Porcupine Mountains, is named after the Ontonagon River. The name is said to be derived from an Ojibwe language word Nondon-organ, meaning "hunting river". A French transliteration, Nantounagon, identified the river on a 1670 French map.