Ottawa River

The Ottawa River is a river in the Canadian provinces of and . It is named after the Algonquin word "to trade", as it was the major trade route of Eastern Canada at the time.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: major river in Ontario and Quebec, Canada
  • Also known as: Kichi-Sìbì”, “Kitchissippi”, “Riviere des Outaouais”, and “Rivière des Outaouais

Places of Interest

Highlights include Carillon hydroelectric generating station.

Industrial building
The Carillon generating station is a hydroelectric power station on the Ottawa River near , , Canada. Built between 1959 and 1964, it is managed and operated by Hydro-Québec.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carillon and Pointe-Fortune.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a former municipality and an unincorporated community in , , Canada. It is recognized as a designated place by Statistics Canada.

Photo: P199, Public domain.
is a picturesque and modern municipality on the south shore of the Ottawa River, in the regional county municipality of region of , .

Village
is a village, which is situated 4 km east of Ottawa River.

Ottawa River

Latitude
45.56678° or 45° 34′ 0″ north
Longitude
-74.38254° or 74° 22′ 57″ west
Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)
Open location code
87Q7HJ88+PX
Geo­Names ID
6123681
Wiki­data ID
Q60974
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Ottawa River” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Outaouaisrivier
  • Arabic: نهر أوتاوا
  • Arabic: نهر أوتوا
  • Armenian: Օտավա գետ
  • Armenian: Օտտավա
  • Asturian: Ríu Ottawa
  • Basque: Ottawa ibaia
  • Belarusian: Атава (рака)
  • Belarusian: Атава
  • Bhojpuri: ओटावा नदी
  • Bhojpuri: ओट्टावा नदी
  • Bulgarian: Отава
  • Catalan: Ottawa River
  • Catalan: Riu dels Outaouais
  • Catalan: riu Ottawa
  • Catalan: Riu Ottawa
  • Catalan: Rivière des Outaouais
  • Cebuano: Ottawa River
  • Cebuano: Rivière des Outaouais
  • Chinese: 渥太華河
  • Croatian: Ottawa Rijeka
  • Croatian: Ottawa
  • Czech: Ottawa
  • Czech: Outaouais
  • Danish: Ottawa River
  • Dutch: Ottawa River
  • Dutch: Ottawa Rivier
  • Dutch: Ottawa
  • Dutch: Rivière des Outaouais
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر اوتاوا
  • Esperanto: Otavo
  • Esperanto: Rivero Otavo
  • Esperanto: rivero Ottawa
  • Estonian: Ottawa jõgi
  • Finnish: Ottawa River
  • Finnish: Ottawa
  • Finnish: Ottawajoki
  • Finnish: Rivière des Outaouais
  • French: Kichi-Sìbì
  • French: Kitchissippi
  • French: Ottawa River
  • French: Outaouais
  • French: rivière des Outaouais
  • French: Rivière des Outaouais
  • Galician: río Ottawa
  • Galician: Río Ottawa
  • German: Ottawa River
  • German: Ottawa-Fluss
  • German: Ottawa
  • German: Rivière des Outaouais
  • Hebrew: אוטווה
  • Hebrew: נהר אוטווה
  • Hindi: ओटावा नदी
  • Icelandic: Ottawa-fljót
  • Irish: Abhainn Ottawa
  • Italian: Ottawa River
  • Italian: Ottawa
  • Italian: Rivière des Outaouais
  • Japanese: Kichi-Sìbì
  • Japanese: Kitchissippi
  • Japanese: オタワ川
  • Japanese: キチシッビ
  • Japanese: キチシッピ
  • Korean: 오타와강
  • Kurdish: Çemê Ottawa
  • Kurdish: Çemê Ottawayê
  • Latin: Ottavia (flumen)
  • Latin: Ottavia
  • Lithuanian: Otava
  • Malayalam: ഒട്ടാവ നദി
  • Marathi: ओटावा नदी
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ottawa River
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ottawa
  • Norwegian: Ottawa
  • Occitan (post 1500): Ottawa
  • Occitan (post 1500): Ribièra dels Ottawas
  • Panjabi: ਓਟਾਵਾ ਨਦੀ
  • Persian: رود اتاوا
  • Polish: Ottawa
  • Portuguese: Rio Ottawa
  • Romanian: Râul Ottawa
  • Russian: Оттава
  • Serbian: Отава
  • Serbian: Река Отава
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ottawa
  • Slovenian: Ottawa River
  • Slovenian: Ottawa
  • Slovenian: reka Ottawa
  • South Azerbaijani: اوتاوا چایی
  • Spanish: Ottawa
  • Spanish: Rio Ottawa
  • Spanish: Río Ottawa
  • Swedish: Ottawa River
  • Swedish: Ottawafloden
  • Swedish: Rivière des Outaouais
  • Thai: แม่น้ำออตตาวา
  • Ukrainian: Оттава
  • Uzbek: Ottava
  • Venetian: Fiume Ottawa
  • Vietnamese: Sông Ottawa
  • Welsh: Afon Ottawa
  • Wu Chinese: 渥太华河
  • Yue Chinese: 渥太華河
  • ओटावा नदी

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Barrage de Carillon and Carillon Canal National Historic Site of Canada.

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