- This is about the river in Canada. For other uses, see Ottawa River (disambiguation). Ottawa River may refer to The Ottawa River in Ontario and Quebec in Canada The Ottawa River, a tributary of the Auglaize River in Ohio
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| Country | Canada |
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| Source | Lake Capimitchigama |
| - location | Lac-Moselle (unorganized territory), La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau RCM, Outaouais, Quebec |
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| Mouth | Saint Lawrence River |
| - location | Montreal, Quebec |
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| Length | 1,271 km (790 mi) |
| Basin | 146,000 km² (56,371 sq mi) |
| Discharge | for Carillon dam |
| - average | 1,950 m³/s (68,864 cu ft/s) |
| - max | 8,000 m³/s (282,517 cu ft/s) |
| - min | 700 m³/s (24,720 cu ft/s) |
 Map of the Ottawa River drainage basin
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The Ottawa River (French: Rivière des Outaouais) is a river in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau (The Valley of the Gatineau is a Regional County Municipality in the Outaouais region of western Quebec, Outaouais is a region of western Quebec, Canada. It includes the cities of Gatineau (Hull Aylmer Montebello Pontiac and Maniwaki and is located on Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Saint Lawrence River (in French: fleuve Saint-Laurent; Kahnawáˀkye in Tuscarora, Kaniatarowanenneh meaning big waterway Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. CM3 redirects here If you were looking for the 3rd game in the Cooking Mama series abbreviated as CM3 see here. The second ( SI symbol s) sometimes abbreviated sec, is the name of a unit of Time, and is the International System of Units The cubic foot is an imperial and US customary (non- metric) unit of Volume, used in the United States Canada and the United Kingdom The second ( SI symbol s) sometimes abbreviated sec, is the name of a unit of Time, and is the International System of Units CM3 redirects here If you were looking for the 3rd game in the Cooking Mama series abbreviated as CM3 see here. The second ( SI symbol s) sometimes abbreviated sec, is the name of a unit of Time, and is the International System of Units The cubic foot is an imperial and US customary (non- metric) unit of Volume, used in the United States Canada and the United Kingdom The second ( SI symbol s) sometimes abbreviated sec, is the name of a unit of Time, and is the International System of Units CM3 redirects here If you were looking for the 3rd game in the Cooking Mama series abbreviated as CM3 see here. The second ( SI symbol s) sometimes abbreviated sec, is the name of a unit of Time, and is the International System of Units The cubic foot is an imperial and US customary (non- metric) unit of Volume, used in the United States Canada and the United Kingdom The second ( SI symbol s) sometimes abbreviated sec, is the name of a unit of Time, and is the International System of Units Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk It defines for most of its length the border between these two provinces.
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Geography
The river rises from its source in Lake Capimitchigama in the Laurentian Mountains of central Quebec, flows west to Lake Timiskaming, where it begins defining the interprovincial border with Ontario. The Laurentian Mountains (French Laurentides) are a Mountain range in southern Quebec, Canada, north of the St Lake Timiskaming (Lac Témiscamingue is a large freshwater Lake on the provincial border between Ontario and Quebec, Canada
From Lake Timiskaming the river flows southeast to Ottawa and Gatineau where it tumbles over the Chaudière Falls and further takes in the Rideau and Gatineau Rivers. Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. Gatineau ( 2006 census population 242124 is a city in western Quebec, Canada. The Chaudière Falls are a set of cascades and Waterfall in the centre of the Ottawa - Gatineau metropolitan area (Canada where the Ottawa River The Rideau River is a Canadian River which flows north from Upper Rideau Lake and empties into the Ottawa River at Rideau Falls The Gatineau River is a River in western Quebec, Canada which rises in lakes north of the Baskatong Reservoir and flows south to join the Ottawa
The Ottawa River drains into the Lake of Two Mountains and the Saint Lawrence River at Montreal. Lake of Two Mountains (French Lac des Deux Montagnes) is part of the delta widening of the Ottawa River in Quebec, Canada, where it feeds into Saint Lawrence River (in French: fleuve Saint-Laurent; Kahnawáˀkye in Tuscarora, Kaniatarowanenneh meaning big waterway Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec The total length of the river is 1,271 km, and it drains an area of 146,000 km², 65% in Quebec and the rest in Ontario. To help compare Orders of magnitude of different geographical regions we list here Surface areas between 100000 km² and 1000000 km² The average waterflow measured at Carillon dam, near the Lake of Two Mountains, is 1,950 m³/s, and it can vary from 700 to 8,000 m³/s.
Major tributaries include:
- Bonnechere River
- Coulonge River
- Dumoine River
- Gatineau River
- Kipawa River
- du Lièvre River
- Madawaska River
- Mattawa River
- Mississippi River
- Montreal River
- Rivière du Nord
- Noire River
- Petawawa River
- Rideau River
- Rouge River
- South Nation River
Communities along the Ottawa River include (in down-stream order):
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Geology
Following the retreat of the glaciers from the area at the end of the last ice age, the Ottawa River valley was flooded by an arm of the Atlantic Ocean known as the Champlain Sea. Notre-Dame-du-Nord is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Témiscamingue Regional Ville-Marie is a town on Lake Temiscaming in western Quebec, Canada Témiscaming is a town located at the south end of Lac Témiscamingue on the upper Ottawa River in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality Mattawa is a Town in northeastern Ontario, Canada at the confluence of the Mattawa and Ottawa Rivers in Nipissing District Head Clara and Maria is a township in eastern Ontario, Canada, in the County of Renfrew on the Ottawa River. Deep River (2006 population 4216 is a Town in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. Petawawa is a Town located in the Canadian province of Ontario. Pembroke ( 2006 population 13930 CA population 23195 is a City at the confluence of the Muskrat Whitewater Region is a township located within the scenic Ottawa Valley, in eastern Ontario, Canada on the Ottawa River in Waltham is a village and municipality in the Outaouais region, part of the Pontiac Regional County Municipality Quebec, Canada Fort Coulonge is a village in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality in western Quebec, Canada Whitewater Region is a township located within the scenic Ottawa Valley, in eastern Ontario, Canada on the Ottawa River in Portage-du-Fort is a village and municipality in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality in the southwest corner of the McNab/Braeside is a township in eastern Ontario, Canada, on the south shore of Lac Des Chats (part of the Ottawa River) straddling Arnprior ( 2006 Population 7158 UA population 9076 is a Town in eastern Renfrew County, Quyon is a village in Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. Constance Bay Ontario is a Village of approximately 3000 part of the municipality of Ottawa and is situated 20 minutes from Kanata. Aylmer is a former city of Quebec that on January 1, 2002 became a western sector of Gatineau, Canada Hull is the central and oldest part of the city of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. Gatineau ( 2006 census population 242124 is a city in western Quebec, Canada. Orléans is a Suburban area within the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Masson-Angers is a former municipality and now a sector within the City of Gatineau, located on the north shore of the Ottawa River, in Quebec, Canada Clarence-Rockland is a bilingual City in eastern Ontario, Canada, in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell on the Ottawa Thurso is a city in the Papineau Regional County Municipality in the Outaouais region of western Quebec. Papineauville is a town and municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec Canada Montebello is a municipality located in the Papineau Regional County Municipality of Western Quebec ( Canada) Fassett is a municipality and village in the Papineau Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada, located on the north shore of the Ottawa River L'Orignal is a former Village now part of Champlain Township in eastern Ontario. Grenville-sur-la-Rouge is a municipality in the Argenteuil Regional County Municipality Quebec, Canada Hawkesbury is a town in Eastern Ontario, Canada, on the Ottawa River, near the Quebec -Ontario Border. Rigaud is a municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada in the county of Vaudreuil-Soulanges at the junction Hudson, Quebec, Canada, is a town with a population of 5088 ( 2006 Census) on the south-west bank of the lower Ottawa River, in the county Oka Quebec is a village on the northern bank of the Ottawa River ("Rivière des Outaouais" in French northwest of Laval on Route 344. Vaudreuil-Dorion is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec in the County of Vaudreuil-Soulanges. Pincourt is a municipality on the island of Île Perrot, off the western tip of the island of Montreal, Quebec The Ottawa-Bonnechere Graben (also known as the Ottawa Graben) with its branch the Timiskaming Graben, is an ancient Rift valley in the "Glacial" and "Glaciation" redirect here For the geological periods see Glacial period. An ice age is a period of long-term reduction in the Temperature of the Earth 's surface and atmosphere resulting in an expansion of continental Ice sheets The Champlain Sea was a temporary inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, created by the retreating Glaciers during the close of the last Ice age. Fossil remains of marine life have been found in marine clay formed during that time. Clay is a naturally occurring material composed primarily of fine-grained Minerals which show plasticity through a variable range of Water content, and Sediment deposits from this period have resulted in areas of poor drainage and the presence of large bogs in some ancient channels of this river. A bog or mire is a Wetland type that accumulates Acidic Peat, a deposit of dead plant material &ndash usually Mosses but also Another consequence was the formations of large deposits of a material commonly known as Leda clay; these deposits become highly unstable after heavy rains. Quick clay, also known as Leda clay and Champlain Sea clay in Canada, is a unique form of highly sensitive Marine clay, with the tendency to Numerous landslides have occurred as a result. A landslide is a geological phenomenon which includes a wide range of ground movement such as rock falls deep failure of slopes and shallow debris flows which can occur The former site of the town of Lemieux, Ontario collapsed into the South Nation River in 1993; however, the residents had already been relocated because of the suspected instability of the earth in that location. The Nation ( La Nation in French) is a Municipality in eastern Ontario, Canada, in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell The South Nation River is a River whose watershed covers 3900 km², a large part of eastern Ontario.
Large numbers of Canada Geese, ducks, gulls and shorebirds take advantage of spring flooding and wetlands in the Ottawa River valley during migration. The Canada Goose ( Branta canadensis) is a Goose belonging to the Genus Branta native to North America. Gulls (often informally Seagulls) are birds in the family Laridae Waders, called shorebirds in North America (where "wader" is used to refer to long-legged wading Birds such as Storks and Ducks also overwinter in sections of the river that do not freeze over.
The Ottawa River lies in the Ottawa-Bonnechere Graben, which is a Mesozoic rift valley that formed 175 million years ago. The Ottawa-Bonnechere Graben (also known as the Ottawa Graben) with its branch the Timiskaming Graben, is an ancient Rift valley in the The Mesozoic Era is one of three geologic eras of the Phanerozoic eon. A rift valley is a linear-shaped lowland between highlands or mountain ranges created by the action of a geologic Rift or fault.
History
The river was an important trade route for the Algonquin people, who called it Kitchissippi, "Great River". The Algonquins (or Algonkins) are an aboriginal North American people speaking Algonquin, an Anishinaabe language. Some early European explorers, possibly considering the Ottawa River to be more significant than the Upper Saint Lawrence River, applied the name River Canada to the Ottawa River and the Saint Lawrence River below the confluence at Montreal. As the extent of the Great Lakes became clear and the river began to be regarded as a tributary, it was variously known as the Grand River, "Great River" or Grand River of the Algonquins before the present name was settled upon. The Laurentian Great Lakes are a chain of freshwater lakes located in eastern North America, on the Canada–United States border. This name change resulted from the Ottawa peoples' control of the river circa 1685. However, only one band of Ottawa, the Kinouncherpirini or Keinouch, ever inhabited the Ottawa Valley. The Ottawa-Bonnechere Graben (also known as the Ottawa Graben) with its branch the Timiskaming Graben, is an ancient Rift valley in the
In 1615, Samuel de Champlain and Étienne Brûlé, assisted by Algonquin guides, were the first Europeans to travel up the Ottawa River and follow the water route west to Georgian Bay. Samuel de Champlain (c 1575 - 25 December 1635) "The Father of New France " was a French navigator geographer cartographer Étienne Brûlé ( c 1592 ( Champigny-sur-Marne, France) &ndash c Georgian Bay (French baie Georgienne) is a large bay of Lake Huron, located in Ontario, Canada. For the following two centuries, this route was used by French fur traders to Canada's interior. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal Fur.
In the early 19th century, the Ottawa River and its tributaries were used to gain access to large virgin forests of white pine. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar Eastern White Pine' ( Pinus strobus) is a large Pine native to eastern North America, occurring from Newfoundland west to Minnesota A booming trade in timber developed, and large rafts of logs were floated down the river. In 1832, the Ottawa River was connected to Lake Ontario via the Rideau Canal. Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. The Rideau Canal, also known as the Rideau Waterway, connects the city of Ottawa Ontario, Canada on the Ottawa River to the city of Kingston Today, Outaouais Herald Emeritus at the Canadian Heraldic Authority is named after the river. Outaouais Herald of Arms Emeritus ( Héraut Outaouais émérite in French) is the title of one of the officers of arms at the Canadian Heraldic Authority The Canadian Heraldic Authority (Autorité héraldique du Canada is part of the Canadian honours system under the Governor General of Canada.
Several hydroelectric dams have been constructed on the river. Hydroelectricity is electricity generated by Hydropower, ie the production of power through use of the gravitational force of falling water However, it is still extensively used for recreational boating.
See also
- Rivière des Mille Îles
- Rivière des Prairies
- List of Ontario rivers
- List of Quebec rivers
- List of hydroelectric stations
- List of crossings of the Ottawa River
External links
The Rivière des Mille Îles ("River of the Thousand Islands" is a channel of the Ottawa River ( Lake of Two Mountains) in southwestern Quebec The Rivière des Prairies (literally River of the Meadows, sometimes called the Back River in English is a delta channel of the Ottawa River This is the list of Rivers which are situated in and flow through Ontario. Here is a list of Rivers in Quebec. Hudson Bay watershed Rivers flowing into James Bay and Hudson Bay, listed from This is a list of hydroelectric generating stations in Quebec, Canada. This is a list of Bridges Dams and ferries on the Ottawa River, proceeding stream upwards from the Saint Lawrence River, with the year in whichDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic