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Team_Ed t1_iwshd6n wrote

For anyone confused: Same name, different river.

Etymology is probably not the same however, as the Ontario Mississippi is a relatively small tributary of the Ottawa River, so the meaning is likely not the same “great water” as the other Mississippi.

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lovelyb1ch66 OP t1_iwshtuy wrote

There is an unsubstantiated theory that the name is derived from an indigenous word meaning “painted river”, referring to pictographs by Mazinaw Lake.

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Iancreed t1_iwtdcb0 wrote

Ok thanks. I was telling myself that the Mississippi does not run all the way into Canada 🤣

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