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The Mindemoya River is a
The Mindemoya River is a river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
on Manitoulin Island
Manitoulin Island is an island in Lake Huron, located within the borders of the Canadian province of Ontario, in the bioregion known as Laurentia. With an area of , it is the largest lake island in the world, large enough that it has over 100 ...
in Ontario
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, Canada
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, which flows about from Lake Mindemoya
Lake Mindemoya is a lake in Ontario, Canada, located within Manitoulin Island which is the world's largest island in a freshwater lake (Lake Huron). The lake is located near the town of Mindemoya, and it is the third largest on Manitoulin Island. ...
to empty into Providence Bay on Lake Huron
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. There is a boardwalk and large sandy beach at the mouth of the river. "Mindemoya" comes from the Ojibwe
The Ojibwe, Ojibwa, Chippewa, or Saulteaux are an Anishinaabe people in what is currently southern Canada, the northern Midwestern United States, and Northern Plains.
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word ''mindimooyenh'', which means "old woman". The river is accessible by both boat and foot at a number of points and is often fished for salmon and trout.
See also
*List of Ontario rivers
This is the list of rivers which are in and flow through Ontario. The watershed list includes tributaries as well.
Dee River, flows between Three Mile Lake and Lake Rosseau.
List of rivers arranged by watershed Hudson Bay
Atlantic Ocean
...
References
Rivers of Manitoulin Island Tributaries of Lake Huron {{NorthernOntario-river-stub