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Thames River (Ontario)

Index Thames River (Ontario)

The Thames River is located in southwestern Ontario, Canada. [1]

47 relations: Agriculture, Avon River (Ontario), Battle of the Thames, Canada, Canadian Heritage Rivers System, Carolinian forest, Chatham-Kent, Clay, Dam, Deciduous, Delaware, Ontario, Drainage basin, England, Fanshawe Dam, First Nations, Glacier, Google Earth, Henry Procter (British Army officer), Ice age, John Graves Simcoe, Lake St. Clair, Launch (boat), Lieutenant governor, London, Ontario, Main stem, Medway Creek (Ontario), Neutral Nation, Odawa, Ojibwe, Ojibwe language, Oneida people, Ontario, Pittock Dam, Real estate development, River Thames, Sand, Stratford, Ontario, Tecumseh, Thamesville, Tributary, University of Western Ontario, Victoria steamboat disaster, War of 1812, Water Survey of Canada, Wildwood Dam, William Henry Harrison, Woodstock, Ontario.

Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of land and breeding of animals and plants to provide food, fiber, medicinal plants and other products to sustain and enhance life.

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Avon River (Ontario)

The Avon River is a river in Perth County, Ontario, Canada.

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Battle of the Thames

The Battle of the Thames, also known as the Battle of Moraviantown, was a decisive American victory in the War of 1812 against Great Britain and its Indian allies in the Tecumseh's Confederacy.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Canadian Heritage Rivers System

The Canadian Heritage Rivers System (CHRS) (Le réseau de rivières du patrimoine canadien) is a joint program administered by the federal, provincial and territorial governments to conserve and protect the best examples of Canada's river heritage, to give them national recognition, and to encourage the public to enjoy and appreciate them.

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Carolinian forest

The Carolinian forest is a life zone in eastern North America characterized primarily by a predominance of deciduous (broad-leaf) trees.

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Chatham-Kent

Chatham-Kent (2016 population 101,647).

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Clay

Clay is a finely-grained natural rock or soil material that combines one or more clay minerals with possible traces of quartz (SiO2), metal oxides (Al2O3, MgO etc.) and organic matter.

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Dam

A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of water or underground streams.

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Deciduous

In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous (/dɪˈsɪdʒuəs/) means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, after flowering; and to the shedding of ripe fruit.

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Delaware, Ontario

Delaware is a community located about west of and outside of London, Ontario, Canada within Middlesex County.

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Drainage basin

A drainage basin is any area of land where precipitation collects and drains off into a common outlet, such as into a river, bay, or other body of water.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Fanshawe Dam

Fanshawe Dam is a dam located on North Thames River the eastern edge of London, Ontario.

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First Nations

In Canada, the First Nations (Premières Nations) are the predominant indigenous peoples in Canada south of the Arctic Circle.

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Glacier

A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight; it forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation (melting and sublimation) over many years, often centuries.

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Google Earth

Google Earth is a computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based on satellite imagery.

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Henry Procter (British Army officer)

Henry Patrick Procter or Proctor (1763–31 October 1822) was a British major-general who served in Canada during the War of 1812.

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Ice age

An ice age is a period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers.

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John Graves Simcoe

John Graves Simcoe (25 February 1752 – 26 October 1806) was a British Army general and the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada from 1791 until 1796 in southern Ontario and the watersheds of Georgian Bay and Lake Superior.

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Lake St. Clair

Lake St.

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Launch (boat)

A launch is an open motorboat.

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Lieutenant governor

A lieutenant governor, lieutenant-governor, or vice governor is a high officer of state, whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction.

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London, Ontario

London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor.

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Main stem

In hydrology, a main stem (or trunk) is "the primary downstream segment of a river, as contrasted to its tributaries".

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Medway Creek (Ontario)

Medway Creek is a tributary of the Thames River in southwestern Ontario, Canada, draining into the North branch of the Thames at the University of Western Ontario.

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Neutral Nation

The Neutral Confederacy or Neutral Nation or Neutral people were a Iroquoian-speaking North American indigenous people who lived near the northern shores of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, on the west side of the Niagara River, west of the Tabacco Nation.

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Odawa

The Odawa (also Ottawa or Odaawaa), said to mean "traders", are an Indigenous American ethnic group who primarily inhabit land in the northern United States and southern Canada.

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Ojibwe

The Ojibwe, Ojibwa, or Chippewa are an Anishinaabeg group of Indigenous Peoples in North America, which is referred to by many of its Indigenous peoples as Turtle Island.

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Ojibwe language

Ojibwe, also known as Ojibwa, Ojibway, Chippewa, or Otchipwe,R.

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Oneida people

The Oneida (Onyota'a:ka or Onayotekaonotyu, meaning the People of the Upright Stone, or standing stone, Thwahrù·nęʼ in Tuscarora) are a Native American tribe and First Nations band.

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Ontario

Ontario is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and is located in east-central Canada.

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Pittock Dam

The Pittock Dam is a dam in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada.

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Real estate development

Real estate development, or property development, is a business process, encompassing activities that range from the renovation and re-lease of existing buildings to the purchase of raw land and the sale of developed land or parcels to others.

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River Thames

The River Thames is a river that flows through southern England, most notably through London.

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Sand

Sand is a naturally occurring granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles.

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Stratford, Ontario

Stratford is a city on the Avon River in Perth County in southwestern Ontario, Canada, with a population of 31,465 in 2016 in a land area of 28.28 square kilometres.

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Tecumseh

Tecumseh (March 1768 – October 5, 1813) was a Native American Shawnee warrior and chief, who became the primary leader of a large, multi-tribal confederacy in the early 19th century.

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Thamesville

Thamesville is a community in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada.

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Tributary

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake.

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University of Western Ontario

The University of Western Ontario (UWO), corporately branded as Western University as of 2012 and commonly shortened to Western, is a public research university in London, Ontario, Canada.

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Victoria steamboat disaster

The Victoria steamboat disaster (also called The Victoria Day Disaster) was a Canadian maritime disaster on May 24, 1881, in which the passenger steamboat Victoria, capsized and sank in the Thames River near what is today Greenway Off-Leash Dog Park in Kensal Park, London, Ontario.

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War of 1812

The War of 1812 was a conflict fought between the United States, the United Kingdom, and their respective allies from June 1812 to February 1815.

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Water Survey of Canada

The Water Survey of Canada (WSC) is a scientific branch of Canada's Department of the Environment responsible for monitoring the nation's freshwater resources.

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Wildwood Dam

Wildwood Dam is a dam located on Trout Creek in Perth South, Ontario, which flows into the North Thames River near the Town of St. Marys.

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William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison Sr. (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was an American military officer, a principal contributor in the War of 1812, and the ninth President of the United States (1841).

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Woodstock, Ontario

Woodstock is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_River_(Ontario)

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