Kenosha

Kenosha stands on the western shore of Lake Michigan, near streams where fish once gathered in great numbers to spawn. The Potawatomi name Kenozia referred to the pike, while the Menominee used a related name for the northern pike. In 1835 settlers established a community on this shore, later called Southport. The lake gave the settlement access to the waters of the Great Lakes and the neighbouring shores to north and south.