Pelican Lake (Oneida County, WI)

T35N R10E S11 SW SE
[WI DNR]

W.H. Stennett. A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, & Omaha Railways including States, Counties, Towns, Villages and Stations. Chicago: C&WN, CSTPM&O Railways, 1908. 112, 126.

Pelican lake village "was named for the lake on which it is located. The lake was named because of the 'pelicans' that abounds [sic] on the lake every fall. That an Indian Chief who lived on the lake, carried the same name as the Indian tongue that the lake did, is doubtless a legend only, as no such Indian name can be found."