-
square kilometres (2,249 sq mi). The
river is also
known as Deshkaan-
ziibi / Eshkani-
ziibi ("Antler River") in the
Ojibwe language,
spoken by
Anishnaabe peoples...
- Wiinibiigoonzhish-
ziibi (Miserable
Wretched Dirty Water River), Gichi-
ziibi (Big River)
after the
confluence with the
Leech Lake River, then
finally as Misi-
ziibi (Great...
- The
French River (French: Rivière des Français, Ojibwe: Emitigoozhii-
ziibi) is a
river in
Central Ontario, Canada. It
flows 110
kilometres (68 mi) from...
- boundary. European-American
settlers named it
after the
Ojibwe word ᒥᓯ-ᓰᐱ misi-
ziibi (English:
great river). Near 9500 BC
Native Americans or Paleo-Indians arrived...
- The
Rainy River (French: Rivière à la Pluie; Ojibwe: ojiji-
ziibi) is a river,
approximately 137
miles (220 km) long,
forming part of the Canada–United...
-
years ago 6.9
Named for the
Mississippi River, from
Ojibwe ᒥᐦᓯᓰᐱ (misi-
ziibi) 'great river'
Middle Mississippian 346.7 to 330.3
million years ago 16...
-
forms part of the Trent-Severn Waterway. The
river is
called Odoonabii-
ziibi in the
Ojibwe language.
Otonabee comes from the
words ode
which means "heart"...
- Manoominikeshiinh-
ziibi (Ricing-Rail River).
Downstream of its
confluence with the Namekagon, the
Ojibwa renamed the
river as Gichi-
ziibi (Big River) or Okijii-
ziibi (Pipestem...
-
Minnesota with this name. Its name is a
translation from the
Ojibwa Ginebigo-
ziibi,
after the
Dakota peoples who made
their homes along this river. Kanabec...
- estuary.
According to
Warren Upham, the
Ojibwe name of the
river is Gichigami-
ziibi (Great-lake River). He notes: "The
river was
probably so
named by Pierre...
