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Ottawa (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 45 25 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 45.4167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 075 43 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -75.7167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in SE Ontario at junction of Ottawa, Gatineau & Rideau rivers; site was visited by French explorer Samuel de Champlain in 1613; products include lumber, cement, household appliances and furniture; site of many notable public structures. |
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| Ottawa (preferred,C,V,O,English-P)
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............ | renamed after tribe in 1855 |
| אוטווה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Bytown (H,V)
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............ | after John By of Royal Engineers, who arrived in 1826 to canalize river |
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Ottawa (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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permanently settled after Rideau Canal built 1827 |
| city (C) |
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| national capital (C) |
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chosen by Queen Victoria 1858 |
| educational center (C) |
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| cultural center (C) |
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Canada .......... (nation) |
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(World, North and Central America) [7005685] |
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