Show Name of Lake Is Longest in the English Language Lake is a beau beau- beautiful beautiful t ul body of water lying within the limits of Webster Mass and near the Connecticut line It has an area of about two miles and is noted chiefly for its unusual name which is believed to be a combination of the names of three Algonquin Indian villages which once stood on the shores of the lake with a termination termination termination tion meaning fishing place at the boundary thrown in for good meas meas- ure The lake has three divisions notes a writer in the Indianapolis News News- upper middle and lower and ac ac- according according ac- ac according cording to a popular story two In In- Indian Indian Indian dian tribes living on opposite ends of the lake had a long dispute as to which tribe had the right to fish in the middle section Finally they framed a treaty providing that each tribe had exclusive rights in its own end of the lake but neither had the right to fish in the middle and they applied to the lake a name made up from rom the terms of the treaty and meaning You fish on your side we fish on our side no no- nobody nobody nobody body fish in the middle The word is pronounced char gogg a gogg mon ga gogg chow bun a gung a- a accent on the 1 2 4 6 8 9 and 12 syllables On many maps and in many reference works the lake is labeled maug which is a contraction of the longer name The average na na- native native na- na native tive of the region is satisfied to call it simply Lake Chaug In 1932 a committee appointed by the commonwealth government to determine the correct spelling of the names of cities towns lakes and rivers in Massachusetts decided that is the cor cor- correct correct correct spelling of the lake Formerly the name was also often written |