How the mysterious name came to be...Wizard Lake.
Wizard lake was called 'Mitewew saka hikan' by first Nations in the area (Samson Cree. )
'Midewew' means Sorcerer or Wizard. 'Saka hikan' means lake. *As far as I can tell.
It was the location for a Mitewewan. A shaking tent ceremony by a medicine man or Shaman of the second level of adeptness of the Mitewewin society, held a really long time ago. (maybe as much as 200 years ago)
Their was another FN reference to 'Miteoo' for Wizard lake that translated to english meant vomiting. And in an obscure past footnote Wizard was known to early explorers as Vomiting lake.
When I was a kid the lake was called Conjuring lake more than Wizard lake. Some of the local settlers right around 1900 were superstitious and did not like the name 'Conjuring' so 'Wizard' was adapted. The creek running out of the lake to the river is still called conjuring creek.
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