Place:Mattawa, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada

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NameMattawa
TypeTown
Coordinates46.317°N 78.7°W
Located inNipissing, Ontario, Canada
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Mattawa is a town in northeastern Ontario, Canada on Algonquin Nation land at the confluence of the Mattawa and Ottawa Rivers in Nipissing District. Mattawa means "Meeting of the Waters" in the Algonquin language. The first Europeans to pass through this area were Étienne Brûlé and Samuel de Champlain.

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