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The Mindemoya River is a river on Manitoulin Island which flows from Mindemoya Lake to empty into Providence Bay on Lake Huron. There is a large sandy beach at the mouth of the river. "Mindemoya" means "old woman" in the Ojibwe language.


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Grist Mill & Sawmill (909 words)
The railway tracks, that are mentioned in connection with the old slab dock, originated from here and ran along the west bank of the Mindemoya River from the sawmill to the slab dock.
The Mindemoya River now appears to be fairly confined to its present location in the year 2005.
This was to divert the water from the river bed over the plouceway on the side of the river that channeled the rushing river water towards the 36" water wheel.
Mindemoya River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (72 words)
The Mindemoya River is a river on Manitoulin Island which flows from Mindemoya Lake to empty into Providence Bay on Lake Huron.
There is a large sandy beach at the mouth of the river.
"Mindemoya" comes from the Ojibwe word mindimooyenh, which means means "old woman".
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