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maple called plaine by the Canadian French. The aboriginal name was She-shick-ma-o. Shake.- Within our borders it is but an inconsiderable and unimportant stream running its whole course through a marsh from half a mile to one mile in width.

Detour, a prominent point on Lake Superior forming the foot of the great Fond du Lac Bay, and separating it from the Cheqoimegan bay. From this point the traveler from the east first discovers the mountains forming the north shore of Lake Superior.

Detroit Island, one of the numerous islands at the entrance of Green Bay. It is a narrow strip of land about four miles in length and half a mile wide lying between Potawatomee and Plum islands.

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