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Source: Lac des Outaouais • location: Lac-Moselle, La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau RCM, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada ... The Ottawa River (French: Rivière des Outaouais, ...
This is a list of nicknames and slogans of cities in Canada.Many Canadian cities and communities are known by various aliases, slogans, sobriquets, and other nicknames to the general population at either the local, regional, national, or international scales, often due to marketing campaigns and widespread usage in the media.
Gatineau River near Farrellton, circa 1930. This river was an important transportation corridor for native people of the region and early explorers. On June 4, 1613, Samuel de Champlain passed here while travelling on the Ottawa River to L'Isle-aux-Allumettes. He noted this "river coming from the north" but did not give its name.
This is a list of rivers of Quebec.Quebec has about: . One million lakes, of which 62279 have a toponymic designation (a name), plus 218 artificial lakes; 15228 watercourses with an official toponymic designation, including 12094 streams and 3134 rivers.
(The Gatineau River flows south into the Ottawa River, which flows east to the St. Lawrence River near Montreal.) The log-filled Ottawa River, as viewed from Hull, was featured on the back of the Canadian one-dollar bill; the paper money was replaced by a dollar coin (the "loonie") in 1987. The last of the dwindling activity of the draveurs on ...
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Joseph "Jos" Montferrand (French: [ʒozɛf mɔ̃fɛʁɑ̃]; born Joseph Favre; October 25, 1802 – October 4, 1864) was a French-Canadian logger, strongman, and folk hero of the working man [1] and was the inspiration for the legendary Ottawa Valley figure Big Joe Mufferaw.
Samuel de Champlain's depiction of settlements near the Ottawa River in 1632. [13] The present location of the City of Ottawa is number 77 on the map. Samuel de Champlain created a map in 1632 showing a portion of the Ottawa River route he took in 1616, with numbers used to indicate sites he visited, significant rapids and aboriginal encampments.