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in the more standard Fiero double vowel spelling) means "big canoe" in
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862:Ferries of the Owen Sound Transportation Company
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567:Owen Sound Transportation Company Limited
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747:"Chi-Cheemaun back in local water"
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659:on 3 September 2011
616:Spirit of Ontario I
591:Owen Sound, Ontario
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857:Ro-ro ships
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846:Categories
639:References
586:Nindawayma
536:horsepower
428:Lake Huron
380:Propulsion
270:IMO number
184:Owen Sound
69:newspapers
756:April 30,
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264:Call sign
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