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Ottawa River

Early plans of what would become the Ottawa River were drawn up by Thomas Dadford in 1835 but problems with Boggin Aqueduct caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1782. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Sheffield to Preston canal at Wirral, the difficulty of building an aqueduct over the River Scarborough at Poole caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Bedworth instead. Expectations for manure traffic to Falkirk never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only the use of the canal for cooling Brighton power station was enough to keep it open. In his autobiography John Taylor writes of his experiences as a boatman in the 1960s

Information about the waterway

The Ottawa River is a large river and is part of the Waterways of North America. It runs for 104.79 miles through 2 locks from Ottawa River Entrance (where it joins the Saint Lawrence Seaway (South Shore Canal to Beauharnois Canal)) to Rideau Canal Entrance (Ottawa) (where it joins the Rideau Canal (Main Line)).

The exact dimensions of the largest boat that can travel on the waterway are not known. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

Ottawa River Entrance
Galipeault Bridge	7.75 miles	0 locks
Canadian National Rail Bridge	7.78 miles	0 locks
Canadian Pacific Rail Bridge	7.80 miles	0 locks
Bellevue Lock Part of the 640yd Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Canal	7.82 miles	0 locks
Île aux Tourtes Bridge	9.64 miles	1 lock
Carillon Lock Part of the 660 yd Carillon Canal	33.48 miles	1 lock
Long-Sault Bridge This crosses the 2489yd Grenville Canal, now just a channel with no locks.	45.26 miles	2 locks
Macdonald-Cartier Bridge	104.13 miles	2 locks
Alexandra Bridge	104.65 miles	2 locks
Rideau Canal Entrance (Ottawa)	104.79 miles	2 locks

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The Ottawa River (French: Rivière des Outaouais, Algonquin: Kitchissippi) is a river in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. It is named in honour of the Algonquin word 'to trade', as it was the major trade route of Eastern Canada at the time. For most of its length, it defines the border between these two provinces. It is a major tributary of the St. Lawrence River and the longest river in Quebec.

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[Ottawa] south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of southern Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core of the Ottawa–Gatineau census [Ottawa River (disambiguation)] Ottawa River is a major waterway in Ontario and Quebec, Canada. Ottawa River may also refer to: Ottawa River (Auglaize River), a tributary of the Auglaize [Ottawa Valley] 45°30′N 76°06′W / 45.5°N 76.1°W / 45.5; -76.1 The Ottawa Valley is the valley of the Ottawa River, along the boundary between Eastern Ontario and the [Odawa] original homeland. After the 17th century, they also settled along the Ottawa River, and in the present-day states of Michigan and Wisconsin, as well as [Ottawa River Waterway] The Ottawa River Waterway is a series of portage bypass sites around rapids and dams along the Ottawa River, managed by the Governments of Ontario and [National Capital Region (Canada)] straddles the Ottawa River, which serves as the boundary between the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. This area is smaller than that of the Ottawa–Gatineau [List of crossings of the Ottawa River] on the Ottawa River, proceeding stream upwards from the Saint Lawrence River, with the year in which they were opened. List of bridges in Ottawa List of [Ottawa River timber trade] The Ottawa River timber trade, also known as the Ottawa Valley timber trade or Ottawa River lumber trade, was the nineteenth century production of wood [Ottawa, Illinois] Ottawa is a city located at the confluence of the navigable Illinois River and Fox River in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. The Illinois River

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