Ottawa River

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international waterway river

The Ottawa River is a major waterway in eastern Canada that forms much of the border between Ontario and Quebec and is a key tributary of the Saint Lawrence River.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ottawa River at Gatineau	1
Ottawa River at confluence	1
Ottawa River transportation corridor	1
Rivière des Outaouais	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international waterway ⓘ river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Ottawa River ⓘ surface form: Rivière des Outaouais
basinCountry	Canada ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
drainageBasinArea	approximately 146300 square kilometres ⓘ
flowsInto	Saint Lawrence River ⓘ
flowsNear	Gatineau ⓘ Ottawa ⓘ
flowsThrough	Ontario ⓘ Quebec, Canada ⓘ surface form: Quebec
formsBorderBetween	Ontario ⓘ Quebec, Canada ⓘ surface form: Quebec
governedBy	Ottawa River Regulation Planning Board ⓘ
hasCityOnBank	Gatineau ⓘ Ottawa ⓘ Pembroke ⓘ Temiskaming Shores ⓘ
hasFeature	numerous dams and reservoirs ⓘ rapids and waterfalls ⓘ
hasMajorTributary	Bonnechere River ⓘ Saint-Maurice River ⓘ surface form: Coulonge River Dumoine River ⓘ Gatineau River ⓘ Madawaska River NERFINISHED ⓘ Noire River ⓘ Petawawa River NERFINISHED ⓘ Rideau River ⓘ
hasProvinceOnBank	Ontario ⓘ Quebec, Canada ⓘ surface form: Quebec
historicallyUsedFor	fur trade transportation route ⓘ log driving ⓘ
length	approximately 1271 km ⓘ
locatedIn	central Canada ⓘ surface form: eastern Canada
locatedInWatershed	Ottawa River watershed ⓘ
mouthLocatedAt	Lake of Two Mountains ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn	Montreal region ⓘ
namedAfter	Odawa ⓘ surface form: Odawa people
partOf	Saint Lawrence River drainage basin ⓘ
passesThrough	Chats Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ Lac des Chats ⓘ Lac des Deux Montagnes ⓘ Lake Timiskaming ⓘ
sourceLocatedIn	Laurentides ⓘ surface form: Laurentian Mountains Quebec, Canada ⓘ surface form: Quebec
tributaryOf	Saint Lawrence River ⓘ
usedFor	commercial navigation ⓘ hydroelectric power generation ⓘ recreation ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ottawa River → alsoKnownAs → Ottawa River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rivière des Outaouais

Ottawa Centre → borderedBy → Ottawa River ⓘ

Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke → borderedBy → Ottawa River ⓘ

Rideau Canal → connectsWaterBody → Ottawa River ⓘ

Ontario → containsRiver → Ottawa River ⓘ

Gatineau River → flowsInto → Ottawa River ⓘ

Pembroke, Ontario → hasEconomicLink → Ottawa River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottawa River transportation corridor

National Capital Region → hasMajorRiver → Ottawa River ⓘ

subject surface form: National Capital Region (Canada)

Saint Lawrence River → hasMajorTributary → Ottawa River ⓘ

Parliament Hill → hasView → Ottawa River ⓘ

Gatineau River → isNorthOf → Ottawa River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottawa River at confluence

Island of Montreal → locatedAtConfluenceOf → Ottawa River ⓘ

Canadian War Museum → locatedNear → Ottawa River ⓘ

Chalk River Laboratories → locatedOnRiver → Ottawa River ⓘ

Gatineau → locatedOnRiver → Ottawa River ⓘ

Ottawa → locatedOnRiver → Ottawa River ⓘ

Pembroke, Ontario → locatedOnRiver → Ottawa River ⓘ

Rideau River → mouth → Ottawa River ⓘ

Gatineau River → mouthLocation → Ottawa River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottawa River at Gatineau

Ottawa → namedAfter → Ottawa River ⓘ

Rideau Cottage → near → Ottawa River ⓘ

Supreme Court of Canada Building → nearbyLandmark → Ottawa River ⓘ

National Gallery of Canada → overlooks → Ottawa River ⓘ

Island of Montreal → surroundedBy → Ottawa River ⓘ

Eastern Ontario → traversedByRiver → Ottawa River ⓘ

Rideau River → tributaryOf → Ottawa River ⓘ