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  2. Petawawa - Wikipedia

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    The name of Petawawa originates from a local Algonquin language word, biidaawewe, meaning "where one hears a noise like this". The original spelling of the name of the town was Petewawa and while there are no sources showing when it officially changed to Petawawa, Privy Council documents indicate the name Petawawa being formally used in ...

  3. List of placenames of Indigenous origin in the Americas

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    Penetanguishene: believed to come from either the Wyandot language or from the Abenaki language via the Ojibwa language, meaning "land of the white rolling sands". Petawawa: From Algonquin meaning "where one hears the noise of the water" Powassan: From the word for "bend." Pukaskwa National Park; Saugeen: Ojibwa language, Zaagiing, meaning outlet

  4. Garrison Petawawa - Wikipedia

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    Founded in 1905 as the Petawawa Military Camp, or Camp Petawawa, the Garrison was created by the Department of Militia and Defence upon the purchase of 22,430 acres (90.8 km 2) of mostly agricultural property from local residents. The Garrison derives its name from the Petawawa River.

  5. List of place names in Canada of Indigenous origin - Wikipedia

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    Petawawa: From Algonquin meaning "where one hears the noise of the water" Powassan: From the word for "bend." Pukaskwa National Park; Saugeen: Ojibwa language, Zaagiing, meaning outlet; Shawanaga; Scugog: Derived from the Mississauga word sigaog, which means "waves leap over a canoe." Shuniah: named after the Ojibwa word "zhooniyaa" for "money ...

  6. Ottawa Valley - Wikipedia

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    Petawawa is a town located in Renfrew County, in the Ottawa Valley. It was thought to have been first settled by the Algonquian peoples and the name comes from their language meaning "where one hears the noise of the water". Samuel de Champlain passed through the area and it was used as an important location for the Hudson's Bay Company. Many ...

  7. Petawawa, ON Weather - Hourly Forecasts and Local Weather ...

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    Get the Petawawa, ON local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ...

  8. Petawawa River - Wikipedia

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    The Petawawa River is a river in the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin in Nipissing District and Renfrew County in eastern and northeastern Ontario, Canada. [1] [2] The river flows from Algonquin Provincial Park to the Ottawa River at the town of Petawawa, and is only one of two major tributaries of the Ottawa River to flow completely freely (the other being the Dumoine River). [3]

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