- 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...
-
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...
-
Waaskiinaysay Ziibi Inc.
Development Corporation is a
First Nations economic development corporation in
northern Ontario. It
includes the
First Nations...
- 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...
- The
French River (French: Rivière des Français, Ojibwe: Emitigoozhii-
ziibi) is a
river in
Central Ontario, Canada. It
flows 110
kilometres (68 mi) from...
-
years ago 7.7
Named for the
Mississippi River, from
Ojibwe ᒥᐦᓯᓰᐱ (misi-
ziibi) 'great river'
Middle Mississippian 346.7 to 330.9
million years ago 15...
- 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...
- as
located near the
forks of
Thames River (Anishinaabe language: Eshkani-
ziibi, "Antler River") in c. 1690 and was
referred to as
Pahkatequayang ("Baketigweyaang":"At...
- The name of the
river is
thought to be
derived from its
Ojibwa name moonz-
ziibi,
which means "moose river". The
river begins at the Bala
Falls in the community...
- 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...
