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      The Rideau River (French: Rivière Rideau, Ojibwe: Pasapkedjinawong) is a river in Eastern Ontario, Canada. The river flows north from Upper Rideau Lake and empties into the Ottawa River at the Rideau Falls in Ottawa, Ontario. Its length is 146 kilometres (91 mi).
      As explained in a writing by Samuel de Champlain in 1613, the river was given the name "Rideau" (French for 'curtain') because of the appearance of the Rideau Falls. The Anishinàbemowin name for the river is Pasapkedjinawong, 'the river that passes between the rocks'.
      The Rideau Canal, which allows travel from Ottawa to the city of Kingston, Ontario on Lake Ontario, was formed by joining the Rideau River with the Cataraqui River. The river diverges from the Canal at Hog's Back Falls in Ottawa.
      In early spring, to reduce flooding on the lower section of the river, workers from the city of Ottawa use ice blasting to clear the ice which covers the river from Billings Bridge to Rideau Falls by cutting "keys" through the ice and using explosives to break off large sheets of ice. This practice has been going on for more than 100 years.
      The regulatory authority charged with protecting the Rideau River and its tributaries is the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority.


      History


      Samuel de Champlain, who was the first European to have seen the river, named it rideau (French for 'curtain') due to the resemblance between Rideau Falls and a curtain.
      In earlier times, the river was used as a transportation route between the Ottawa and Saint Lawrence River. The fertility of the lands along the banks of Rideau river attracted loyalist settlers looking for good farmlands, which led to growth of settlements in the surrounding regions. After the War of 1812, a waterway, designed by John By, was built through Rideau River connecting Kingston to Ottawa.


      = Tributaries

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      = Communities

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      Communities along the Rideau include:

      Ottawa, Ontario
      Manotick, Ontario
      Kars, Ontario
      North Grenville, Ontario
      Merrickville, Ontario
      Smiths Falls, Ontario


      = Islands

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      Barnes Island
      Beech Island
      Cummings Island
      Green Island
      James Island
      Kilmarnock Island
      Libby Island
      Long Island
      Maple Island
      Nicolls Island
      Porter Island
      Sanders Island


      See also


      Ottawa's Green spaces along the Rideau River
      List of Ontario rivers
      Royal Swans, that occupy a stretch of the river


      References


      Lawrence, Bonita (2012). Fractured Homeland: Federal Recognition and Algonquin Identity in Ontario. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: UBC Press. ISBN 9780774822893.


      Further reading


      Legget, Robert Ferguson (1986). Rideau Waterway. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-2573-0 – via Google Books.


      External links



      Rideau Valley Conservation Authority
      Biodiversity of the Rideau River (CMN, nature.ca)

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