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Encyclopedia > Mattagami River

The Mattagami River is a river in northern Ontario, Canada, which flows 440 km north from its source southwest of the city of Timmins, Ontario to join the Missinaibi River; both rivers empty into James Bay via the Moose River. This river is 547 km in length. Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English (de facto) Flower White Trillium Tree Eastern White Pine Bird Common Loon Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 106 24... Timmins, Ontario, Canada City Hall Engineering Building Hollinger Park grandstands Chamber of Commerce The Dante Club - Italian Social Club Gillies Lake Board Walk Timmins Fire Department The Timmins Daily Press Building Timmins, with a population of 43,686 (2001), is a city in northeastern Ontario, Canada on the Mattagami River. ... The Missinaibi River is a river in northern Ontario, Canada, which flows northeast from Missinaibi Lake north of Chapleau, Ontario and empties into the Moose River, which empties into James Bay. ... James Bay in summer 2000 James Bay (French, Baie James) is a large body of water on the southern end of Hudson Bay in Canada. ... The Moose River is a river in northern Ontario, Canada, which flows 100 km northeast from the junction of the Mattagami and Missinaibi Rivers into James Bay. ... To help compare orders of magnitude; this page lists lengths between 100 and 1,000 km (105 and 106 m). ...


The river's name comes from the Ojibwe and means either "the start of water (maadaagami) " or "turbulent water (madaagami)" . Ojibwe, Ojibwa, Chippewa or Anishinaabemowin in Eastern Ojibwe syllabics) is the third most commonly spoken Native language in Canada (after Cree and Inuktitut), and the fourth most spoken in North America (behind Navajo, Cree, and Inuktitut). ...


Tributaries include the:

  • Kapuskasing River
  • Groundhog River
  • Ivanhoe River
  • Nat River

See also

See also: Rivers in Canada Tributaries of Hudson Bay Rivers in Canada alphabetically Rivers of the Americas This is the list of rivers situated which flow through Ontario. ...

External links

  • Mattagami Region Conservation Authority

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