The Mississippi River from Highway 417 near Antrim.

The Mississippi River is a tributary of the Ottawa River in eastern Ontario in Canada. It is 169 km (100 mi) in length from its source in Upper Mazinaw Lake, has a drainage area of 3750 km², and has a mean discharge of 40 m³/s (source: Atlas of Canada). It rises east of the Kawartha lakes and flows northeast through Crotch, Dalhousie, and Mississippi Lakes, past Carleton Place, through the municipality of Mississippi Mills and the town of Almonte, then north to join the Ottawa River just east of Arnprior. Image File history File linksMetadata Mississippiriver. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Mississippiriver. ... This is about the river in Canada. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English 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 seat  - Senate seats 106 24 Area Total... This article discusses the geographic region. ... Carleton Place (2005 population 9,600) is a town in eastern Ontario, Canada, in the County of Lanark, about one half-hour west of Ottawa on the southern branch of the Trans-Canada Highway. ... Mississippi Mills is a town in eastern Ontario, Canada, in the County of Lanark on the Mississippi River. ... Arnprior is a town in eastern Renfrew County, in eastern Ontario, Canada at the mouth of the Madawaska River, as it enters the Ottawa River in the Ottawa Valley. ...

Tributaries include the:

• Clyde River
• Indian River
• Fall River

The river originally powered textile mills. Today, it provides hydroelectric power. The Clyde River is a river in eastern Ontario, a tributary of the Mississippi River which is itself a tributary of the Ottawa River. ... There are five rivers named Indian River in Ontario, Canada: The Indian River in the Kawartha Lakes region flows from Stoney Lake into Rice Lake. ... The Fall River is a river in Lanark County, Ontario which flows from Sharbot Lake and through Bennett Lake to join the Mississippi River. ... Hydraulic turbine and electrical generator. ...

The Purdon Conservation Area, a wetland in this river's watershed, contains Canada's largest native colony of showy lady slipper orchids, some 16,000 plants. Binomial name Cypripedium reginae The showy lady slipper (Cypripedium reginae), also known as the pink-and-white lady slipper or the queens lady slipper, is a rare orchid found in eastern North America, mainly in the Canadian province of Ontario and Michigan, Minnesota, New York and Wisconsin in the... Orchid re-directs here; for alternate uses see Orchid (disambiguation) Genera Over 800 See List of Orchidaceae genera. ...

The origin of the river's name is something of a mystery; although its current spelling may be derived from that of its much larger American cousin, it is most certainly a corruption of a different native name, as the translation 'great water' would not apply to a relatively minor tributary of the Ottawa, definitely the largest river in the area. Instead, the name may originate from "Mazinawzeebi", Algonquian for 'painted image river', referring to the pictographs found on Mazinaw Lake, though this is by no means proven. Cave, or rock, paintings are paintings painted on cave or rock walls and ceilings, usually dating to pre-historic times. ... Mazinaw Lake is a lake in the Addington Highlands north of Kaladar in Eastern Ontario. ...

See also

• Carleton Place, Ontario
• List of Ontario rivers

Carleton Place (2005 population 9,600) is a town in eastern Ontario, Canada, in the County of Lanark, about one half-hour west of Ottawa by on the southern branch of the Trans-Canada Highway. ... 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

• Mississippi Valley Conservation