Ottawa River


A tributary of the St. Lawrence. Total length, 685

miles. Explored by Champlain in 1613 and 1615. Named after Ottawa

Indians. The river formed for many years the thoroughfare of explorers,

missionaries, and fur traders, from Montreal to the far West. It will

furnish the major portion of the route of the proposed Georgian Bay

Canal. =Index=: (Louis Joseph Papineau era) Papineau's home at Montebello, 6. =Bib.=: Champlain,

Voyages; Sulte, The Valley of the Grand River, 1600-1650 (R. S. C.,

1898-1899); Parkman, Pioneers of France; Keefer, Montreal and the

Ottawa; Stewart, Georgian Bay Canal.



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