Ottawa River

major river in Ontario and Quebec, Canada
Place river Q60974
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Summary

Ottawa River is a river[1]. It ranks in the top 0.91% of river entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,257 views/month, #124 of 13,643).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Quebec[3], Ontario[4]
  • Country: Canada[5]
  • Basin country: Canada[6]
  • Commons category: Ottawa River[7]
  • Mouth of the watercourse: St. Lawrence River[8]
  • Lake on watercourse: Cabonga Reservoir[9], Dozois Reservoir[10], Lac Simard[11], Lake of Two Mountains[12], Lac des Outaouais[13], Allumette Lake[14], Lac des Chats[15], Lac McConnell[16], Lac Saint-Louis[17], lac des Quinze[18]
  • Has part(s): Baie de Lochaber[19]
  • Official website: http://rivieredesoutaouais.ca[20], http://ottawariver.ca/[21]
  • Origin of the watercourse: Lac des Outaouais[22]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ottawa River[23]
  • Tributary: Rivière Kinojévis[24], Kipawa River[25], Rivière Dumoine[26], Noire River[27], Coulonge River[28], Rivière Rouge[29], Rivière du Nord[30], Blanche River[31], Montreal River[32], Mattawa River[33], Petawawa River[34], Mississippi River[35], Rideau River[36], Rivière de la Petite Nation[37]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Ottawa River include Ottawa Valley[38], a valley[39], in Canada[40].

Why It Matters

Ottawa River has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

Entities named for it include Ottawa Valley[38], a valley[39], in Canada[40].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . Toporama. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Ottawa River. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ottawa-river
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inaturalist place id → 149127
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'azb', 'be', 'bg', 'bh', 'ca', 'ceb', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en'
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Inaturalist place id: 149127, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/100709777|Ottawa River (Quebec/Ontario border) (#100709777)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog"
  2. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ottawa-river
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: ottawa-river, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289951108|ottawa river (#289951108)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  3. 16w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Website → —
    Heritage designation → designated historic site
    Category for the view of the item → Category:Views of the Ottawa River from Britannia Park
    Instance of → —
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38692|batch #38692]]: Remove redundant P30, P17 is present"
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