Nottawasaga River
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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 site), and empties into Nottawasaga Bay, an inlet of Georgian Bay on Lake Huron, at the town of Wasaga Beach, Simcoe County.
Nottawasaga River | |
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Etymology | From the Algonquin words for "Iroquois" and "river outlet" |
Native name | Naadawe-zaaga-ziibi (Ojibwe) |
Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Ontario |
Region | Central Ontario |
Counties | |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Orangeville Reservoir |
• location | Orangeville, Dufferin County |
• coordinates | 43°56′29″N 80°05′29″W |
• elevation | 412 m (1,352 ft) |
Mouth | Nottawasaga Bay |
• location | Wasaga Beach, Simcoe County |
• coordinates | 44°32′12″N 80°00′29″W |
• elevation | 176 m (577 ft) |
Length | 120 km (75 mi) |
Basin size | 3,361 km2 (1,298 sq mi) |
Basin features | |
River system | Great Lakes Basin |
Tributaries | |
• left | Boyne River |
The river takes its name from the Ojibwe word "Nottawasaga". Nottawa (or Naadowe in modern orthography) means "Iroquois" and saga (zaagi in modern orthography) means "mouth of the river"; the word "Nottawasaga" (Naddowe-zaagi in modern orthography) was used by Algonquin scouts as a warning if they saw Iroquois raiding parties approaching their villages.[3]
Thus, the name of the river, in Ojibwe is Naadawe-zaaga-ziibi.[4]