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.