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A railway bridge over the Ottawa River in Mattawa, Ontario. Some early European explorers, possibly considering the Ottawa River to be more significant than the Upper St. Lawrence River, applied the name River Canada to the Ottawa River and the St. Lawrence River below
Illustration of Tenmile Creek from "Picturesque Maumee," 1892. The Ottawa River, also known as Ottawa Creek, is a short river, approximately 20 miles (32 km) long [1] (or about 48 miles (77 km) [1] if Tenmile Creek, the longest tributary, is included), in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan in the United States. [2]
The river is named for the Ottawa tribe of Native Americans who inhabited the area in the 18th century. [3] It shares its name with another river in northwestern Ohio, the Ottawa River in Toledo, as well as the Ottawa River in Ontario & Quebec, Canada. It rises in northern Hardin County and flows northwest, then west-southwest through Lima.
The Gatineau River (French: Rivière Gatineau, pronounced) is a river in western Quebec, Canada, which rises in lakes north of the Baskatong Reservoir and flows south to join the Ottawa River at the city of Gatineau, Quebec. The river is 386 kilometres (240 mi) long and drains an area of 23,700 square kilometres (9,200 sq mi).
The Ottawa River crossing the Ottawa Valley near the City of Ottawa. In the foreground, skirts of the Gatineau Hills make up part of the southern tip of the Canadian Shield. The Ottawa Valley is the valley of the Ottawa River, along the boundary between Eastern Ontario and the Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.
Across the east (or north) arm (channel) (Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Canal) Span Year built North side: Montreal Island Via South side: Île Perrot Carries Coordinates and Comments
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The Madawaska River is a tributary of the Ottawa River in the St. Lawrence River drainage basin in Ontario, Canada. [1] [2] The river is 230 km (143 mi) long and drains an area of 8,470 km 2 (3,270 sq mi). [3] Its name comes from an Algonquian band of the region known as "Matouweskarini", meaning "people of the shallows".