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The other story dates further back to when the Voyageurs travelled down Georgian Bay from the French River and met the Indigenous peoples that lived along the shore of Georgian Bay at the mouth of the Go Home River (Go Home Bay). The Indigenous peoples would pack up each fall and move inland to the area of Go Home Lake which was more protected ...
The river valley was filled with glacial debris. Water still flows down this old valley—underground. The source of the aquifer is the Georgian Bay, [6] approximately 200 kilometres (120 mi) away. In 2003 it was discovered that the southern section of the Laurentian aquifer reaches under High Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [6]
It flows southeast, then turns northeast for the remainder of its course. It passes under Ontario Highway 21 at the community of Springmount, and passes over the Niagara Escarpment at Jones Falls. [6] The river then takes in the right tributary Maxwell Creek, enters the municipality of Owen Sound, and reaches its mouth at Georgian Bay. [1] [2]
The central Ontario Severn River is only 30 km (19 mi) long. The river services seasonal cottagers, as many of the properties are accessible only by boat. Some year-round residents live on the Severn. The river sees many yachts/cruisers travelling from Lake Couchiching to Georgian Bay, or vice versa.
There are two Sydenham Rivers in Ontario. The Sydenham River (Lake Huron) flows north from Williams Lake and falls over the Niagara Escarpment, through the city of Owen Sound and into Georgian Bay. The Sydenham River (Lake Saint Clair) flows west and south from near London, emptying into Lake St. Clair at Wallaceburg
Georgian Bay has been known by several names. To the Ojibwe, it is known as "Spirit Lake".To the Huron-Wendat, it is known as Lake Attigouatan. Samuel de Champlain, the first European to explore and map the area in 1615–1616, called it "La Mer douce" (the sweet/calm/fresh sea), which was a reference to the bay's freshwater. [1]
The Nottawasaga River is a river in Simcoe County and Dufferin County in Central Ontario, Canada. [1] It is part of the Great Lakes Basin, and is a tributary of Lake Huron.The river flows from the Orangeville Reservoir in the town of Orangeville, Dufferin County, through the Niagara Escarpment [2] and the Minesing Wetlands, the latter a wetland of international significance (Ramsar Convention ...
The Trent–Severn Waterway is a 386-kilometre-long (240 mi) canal route connecting Lake Ontario at Trenton to Georgian Bay, Lake Huron, at Port Severn.Its major natural waterways include the Trent River, Otonabee River, Kawartha Lakes, Lake Simcoe, Lake Couchiching and Severn River.