Ottawa River at Rimer, downstream during flooding

The Ottawa River (

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: ''Koskothiipi'' ) is a tributary of the

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, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
The National Map
accessed May 19, 2011 in northwestern

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in the

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. The river is named for the Ottawa tribe of Native Americans who inhabited the area in the 18th century. It shares its name with another river in northwestern Ohio, the Ottawa River in Toledo, as well as the Ottawa River in Ontario & Quebec, Canada. It rises in northern Hardin County and flows northwest, then west-southwest through

Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of ...

. Approximately southeast of Lima it turns abruptly north, flowing into western Putnam County and joining the Auglaize from the southeast approximately northwest of Kalida. The Ottawa River is also known locally and historically as ''"Hog Creek"''. The origin of this name is ascribed to the following legend:

Alexander McKee Alexander McKee ( – 15 January 1799) was an American-born military officer and colonial official in the British Indian Department during the French and Indian War, the American Revolutionary War, and the Northwest Indian War. He achieved the ...
, the British
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, who resided at the Machachac towns, on Mad River, during the incursion of General Logan from
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in 1786, was obliged to flee with his effects. He had a large lot of swine, which were driven on to the borders of this stream, and when the Indians (
Shawnee The Shawnee are an Algonquian-speaking indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands. In the 17th century they lived in Pennsylvania, and in the 18th century they were in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, with some bands in Kentucky a ...
) came on they called the river Koshko Sepe, which in the Shawnee language signified 'The Creek of the Hogs, or Hog Stream'.

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External links

This Is My River - Ottawa River Coalition
{{authority control Rivers of Ohio Lima, Ohio Rivers of Hardin County, Ohio Rivers of Putnam County, Ohio Rivers of Allen County, Ohio Tributaries of Lake Erie

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