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described the falls as "...a marvelous fall...it descends a height of twenty or twenty-five fathoms with such impetuosity that it makes an arch nearly four hundred paces broad." The falls were named by the early French for their resemblance to a
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Voyages of Samuel de Champlain 1604-1618 : with a map and two plans / edited by W.L. Grant
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just to the south. To the west of the falls is the headquarters of the
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in French. The Rideau River was later named after the falls. The
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French
waterfalls
Ottawa
Ontario
Rideau River
Ottawa River
Green Island
Old City Hall
National Research Council
Canada and the World Pavilion
French Embassy
Samuel de Champlain
curtain
Rideau Canal
Hog's Back Falls
"Rideau Falls"
Geographical Names Data Base
Natural Resources Canada
Voyages of Samuel de Champlain 1604-1618 : with a map and two plans / edited by W.L. Grant
Rideau Waterway
ISBN
0-8020-2573-0
Our canal: the Rideau Canal in Ottawa

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