Many of the members of the Senator's coaching and management staff in 2010 hail from, or have strong connections to, the town of Shawville. Earth, Water, Fire. Many traces of it can still be heard today, especially in the valley's more isolated western portions. Instead, the name may originate from "Mazinaa[bikinigan]-ziibi", Algonquian for '[painted] image river', referring to the pictographs found on Mazinaw Lake, though this is by no means proven. The Mississippi River is a tributary of the Ottawa River in Eastern Ontario, Canada which has no relation with the Mississippi River in the United States. Regional English accents are rare in Canada, but because of its isolation before the arrival of the railways and also by the mixture of the dominant French, Irish and Scottish populations, the valley at one time developed a distinctive dialect, referred to as the Ottawa Valley Twang. The Ottawa 67's play hockey at Lansdowne Park which used to be home to the Ottawa Senators. A majority of Algonquins reside on the Quebec side of the border, where all but two Algonquin communities are located. It is Canada's 7th busiest airport. 2010. Legendary performer and songwriter Mac Beattie and the Melodiers were also large influences on keeping the Ottawa Valley's musical culture vibrant and living. Among the well-known people who hail from the Ottawa Valley, are former governor-general and broadcaster Adrienne Clarkson, Alanis Morissette, Margaret Atwood, Lorne Greene, railroad builder Michael James Heney, Bryan Murray, Terry Murray, Frank Finnigan, Bruce Cockburn, Peter Jennings, Matthew Perry, Dan Aykroyd, Mark Redman, Tom Green, Rich Little, Paul Anka, Alan Verch and Princess Margriet, sister of Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands. The Carleton Place Hackberry stand, and the Innisville Wetlands, have both been mentioned above. The Ottawa River is 1,130 kilometres long with a watershed of 140,000 km squared. This natural seasonal alternation between high and lower water levels is essential for creating the natural diversity of wetlands along the river. The public relations office of the Ottawa Senators ice hockey team call Ottawa and the Valley "hockey country". Indeed, it is the home not only of the once prominent Senators, which folded in 1934 and came back in 1992, but also of such famous NHL builders as Tommy Gorman and Ambrose O'Brien. Spring was the season when the loggers would “drive” the logs downriver. Freight trains also operate on the railway and Ottawa has a sizable train yard. These eels were once an abundant source of food for aboriginal populations, as well as providing a source of food for great blue herons, otters, and other animals. The airport is also a major hub for diplomats and international figures to come into Canada. Many people involved in the logging industry took advantage of the waterway and built their empires because of the fast-moving waters and forests along the River. The variant of French spoken in this area of the province is also based on Quebec French, but distinctly different from that of the Outaouais region. The Algonquin people called the Ottawa River "Kitchissippi", which means “Great River”. When Champlain first arrived there the Huron, Algonquin, Iroquois, and Outaouais tribes were living in the Valley. The latest forecast from the Ottawa River Regulation and Planning Board predicts the levels will go no higher — and in many areas, will start to decline. [7] Now, large hemlock stands are uncommon. 2008. There are also a number of ferries at various points along the river which can transport people and vehicles across. An unusual shoreline flora along the Mississippi River, Lanark County. It was established in 1828 by pioneers and became a centre for the logging industry. *Between 1847 and 1879 a "horse railway" was used to portage passengers from the Ottawa River steamboat in a horse-drawn car for 5.5 kilometres along the wooded shore, around the Chats Falls, on the Quebec side of the river between the ghost villages of Pontiac Village and Union Village, near Quyon Quebec, to another steamboat to continue their journey upriver. English and French are both commonly spoken throughout the Ottawa Valley on both sides of the river. Trail & Landscape 22: 49-52. Shallow lakes and adjacent river make up the provincially significant McCullochs Mud Lake Wetland. The city of Ottawa gets its name from this river.. Geography. It is known as “the heart of the Ottawa Valley”. The area is sometimes referred to as the "Lower Ottawa Valley," in contrast with the "Upper Ottawa Valley" west of Ottawa, but the name is not common, and most people think of the Ottawa Valley as only the upper portion. After the arrival of European settlers in North America, the first major industry of the Ottawa Valley was fur trading. In Ottawa there is a split in the Queensway near Cyrville and Pineview where Highway 174 branches off from Highway 417 and runs further north. Skier Ann Heggtveit won a gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California. White pine, the Ontario provincial tree, was the most commercially important tree during the heyday of the logging industry in the 19th century. The Ottawa River bears the name of an aboriginal tribe that traded on the waterway; the "Outaouais" which is French for Ottawa. In 1837, they were removed to west of the Mississippi River, first to Iowa, then to Kansas.Within five years of moving to Kansas, nearly half of the Ottawa had died. It flows west to Lake Timiskaming, where it begins to define the border between Ontario and Quebec. Three Billion years of Environmental Change. The National Capital Region area has just over 1.4 million inhabitants in both provinces. There are five major road bridges which cross the Ottawa River in the Ottawa area. Ontario Rocks. Two Ontario premiers came from the Ottawa Valley - Premier Howard Ferguson (Kemptville) in the 1920s and Premier Dalton McGuinty (Ottawa), who became premier in 2003. The Ottawa River Action Plan (ORAP) consists of 17 individual projects aimed at enhancing the health of the Ottawa River and protecting Ottawa’s water environment for future generations. Ottawa's Brian Kilrea holds the record as the Ontario Hockey League's longest-serving coach with a record number of games behind the bench of the Ottawa 67's junior hockey team. These individuals are referred to as "non-status Indians". General Store Publishing House, Arnprior.

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