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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 707 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NIPISSING , a See also:

lake of the See also:district of the same name in See also:Ontario, See also:Canada, situated nearly midway between Lake See also:Huron and the See also:Ottawa See also:river, at an See also:altitude of 644 ft. above the See also:sea. It is of irregular shape, with bold shores, and contains many islands; from the See also:north it receives the See also:waters of See also:Sturgeon river. It is 5o m. in length and 20 in breadth; discharges its waters by See also:French river into Lake Huron, and is separated by a See also:low See also:water-See also:shed from the Mattawa river, a tributary of the Ottawa. It has been proposed as the See also:summit level of the projected Ottawa and Georgian See also:Bay See also:canal, an important project rendered difficult by the numerous rapids both on French river and on the Ottawa. With the Ottawa, Mattawa and French, it formed the old voyageur route from See also:Montreal to the See also:Great Lakes.

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