Geneva Lake with the nearby town of Geneva, Illinois, the city was renamed "Lake Geneva"; later the lake was renamed "Geneva Lake". Lakeshore attractions include Big Foot Beach State Park, Lake Geneva Yacht Club, the George Williams College campus of Aurora University, and Yerkes Observatory. The observatory is owned by the University of Chicago, which has established a study group to plan a regional center for science education at the observatory. Public access to the lake is allowed as the result of a decision by early European settlers that "20 feet of land leading up to the shoreline should be public domain."
Mauger (French name) Mauger (French name) Mauger is a Norman surname of Germanic origin (possibly meaning 'council-spear'). It was used first as a given name in the Middle Ages. pronunciation API : French [moʒe] (Old French [maʷdʒɘʁ]) ; English [ˈmeɪ.dʒ.ə(ɹ)]. The second element of the name "-ger" is from Germanic "gari" "spear" (see Roger, Gerard, etc.), while the first element "Mau-", is a short form for "Madal-", which is ultimately from Germanic "*maþl-" "assembly, council" (Old High German "mahal", Anglo-Saxon "mæðl" "council, assembly"). The Old Norman form was "Malger". In fact, it could recover an Old Scandinavian given name, like many other Norman