Atikokan: |
"Place of caribou bones" from the word
atikoganing (Anishinabe) |
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Batchewana: |
"Continuous
flow of a river" from the word apijijiwan (Anishinabe) |
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Kakabeka Falls: |
From the word kakapikijiwanizibi
which describes the jagged cliffs that surround the falls (Anishinabe) |
|
Kapuskasing: |
"The
bending one" referring to a river
(Swampy Cree) |
|
Keewatin: |
From the word kiiwaadin
or "north". It refers to the north end
of the Lake of the Woods (Anishinabe) |
|
Mattawa: |
"Meeting
of rivers" from the word madaabijiwan (Anishinabe) |
|
Matachewan: |
"Meeting
of the currents" from the word madaabijiwan which describes
a river coming out of the woods into the waters of a lake or into
the open. It may also be from the word that means "you
can hear the rapids". The word madwaajiwan describes
the trickling sound made by water from a river or stream (Cree) |
|
Oshawa: |
"Crossing
of a stream" (Seneca) |
|
Ottawa: |
From the word adawe
(Algonquin) |
|
Peawanuck: |
"Flintstone" (Cree) |
|
Temagami: |
"Deep
waters" from the word timiigama (Anishinabe) |
|
Toronto: |
"Meeting
place". It may also mean "Where the trees
have fallen into the water" (Oneida). |
|
Tyendinaga: |
"Two sticks tied
together" (Mohawk) |
|
Wawa: |
The word
waawaa for "Canada
goose" (Anishinabe) |
|
Wikwemikong: |
"Bay of the
beaver" (Anishinabe) |
