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Pure Michigan lists Nee-gaw-nee-gaw-bow, which it translates as 'Leading Man', as a pine statue by Peter Wolf Toth on the lakeside pier next to the Wakefield Visitor's Center. Islands.com, in October 2025, places the carving on the southwest side of Sunday Lake.
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Nee-Gaw-Nee-Gaw-Bow
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Approximate location · 46.479° N, 89.938° W
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Pure Michigan lists Nee-gaw-nee-gaw-bow (which it translates as 'Leading Man') as a statue by sculptor Peter Wolf Toth, made to honor the Chippewa. It describes it as the 59th statue on the Trail of Whispering Giants, Toth's project of donating a carving to each state, and says it was carved from one piece of pine donated by the Ottawa National Forest and is on the lakeside pier next to the Wakefield Visitor's Center. The listing gives 1988 as the year it was completed. An Islands.com travel feature of 19 October 2025 also directs readers to the lake's southwest side, "where you'll find Nee-Gaw-Nee-Gaw-Bow".
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Pure Michigan's listing places a carved pine statue on the lakeside pier beside the Wakefield Visitor's Center. It is an outdoor sculpture on the lakeside pier.
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On the lakeside pier next to the Wakefield Visitor's Center in Wakefield, Michigan, according to Pure Michigan's listing.
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