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Rivers on this list shown on a map of Canada The Mackenzie River is the longest stream in Canada if measured from its mouth on the Beaufort Sea to the headwaters of the Finlay River, a major upstream tributary. The main stem, a much shorter segment of the Mackenzie, is marked in dark blue.
Government of Canada - Canadian Geographical Names database; The Canadian Council for Geographic Education - Rivers of Canada - How they shaped our country; Atlas of Canada - Rivers "GEONet Names Server". National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency GEOnet Names Server
Located along the Ottawa River, it lies about 200 kilometres (120 mi) north-west of Ottawa on the Trans-Canada Highway. Deep River is opposite the Laurentian Mountains and the Province of Quebec. The name "Deep River" purportedly derives from the notion that the Ottawa River reaches its greatest depth of 402 feet (123 m) just outside the township.
The Saguenay River (French: Rivière Saguenay, [ʁivjɛʁ saɡnɛ]) is a major river of Quebec, Canada. It drains Lac Saint-Jean in the Laurentian Highlands , leaving at Alma and running east; the city of Saguenay is located on the river.
Crossings in Canada by river (8 C, 3 P) Rapids of Canada (13 P) Locks of Canada (3 P)
The Fraser River (/ ˈ f r eɪ z ər /) is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Blackrock Mountain in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for 1,375 kilometres (854 mi), into the Strait of Georgia just south of the City of Vancouver.
The Ojibwe name for Grand River is Owaashtanong-ziibi. [4] A. Jones, the General Surveyor of Upper Canada reported the name of the river among the Mississaugas to be 'O-es-shin-ne-gun-ing', and he wrote "the one that washes the timber down and carries away the grass and the weeds" as the meaning of the name. [5] [6]
It was formerly known by the French as the Iroquois River and the Chambly River, and was named for Cardinal Richelieu, the powerful minister under Louis XIII. [ 1 ] This river was a long a key route of water transport for trading, first by indigenous peoples, and then for cross-border trade between Canada and the United States.