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Magnetawan River

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The river has numerous rapids, such as, "The Thirty Dollar Rapids", "The Fourteen", "The Ten", the "Potato Rapids", "Poverty Bay Chutes", and "Cody Rapids".
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Magnetawan River as seen looking downstream from the Highway 11 bridge at
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At the end of the 19th century, the river was used to float
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The name of the river means "swiftly flowing waters" in the
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Index


Burk's Falls
Canada
Province
Ontario
District
Parry Sound
Magnetawan Lake
Algonquin Provincial Park
Nipissing District
45°39′45″N 78°59′12″W / 45.66250°N 78.98667°W / 45.66250; -78.98667
Mouth
Byng Inlet
Georgian Bay
Britt
Parry Sound District
45°46′22″N 80°30′25″W / 45.77278°N 80.50694°W / 45.77278; -80.50694
river
Parry Sound District
Ontario
Magnetawan Lake
Algonquin Provincial Park
Georgian Bay
Britt
Byng Inlet
Ojibwa language
white pine
logs
sawmills
downstream

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