Mameiwasipi

Mameewa Siipiiwi, the “river of the sturgeon,” is the Miami name for the St. Marys River. Flowing west from Ohio, it meets the St. Joseph to form the Maumee, which runs northeast to Lake Erie. At the meeting of the rivers stood Kekionga, an important Miami town and the principal village of the Atchakangouen, or Crane band. The rivers connected this centre with the surrounding Great Lakes country.