River Thames, Ontario
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Thames River (Ontario)
The Thames River is located in southwestern
Ontario
,
Canada
.The Thames flows west 273
kilometers
(169
miles
) through southwestern Ontario, through the cities of
Woodstock
,
London
and
Chatham
to Lighthouse Cove on
Lake St. Clair
. It drains 5,825
sq. km.
(2,249
sq. mi.
) of land.Called Askunessippi, "the antlered river," by the
Odawa
and
Ojibwa
inhabitants who lived in the area when Europeans first arrived, the river was renamed after the
River Thames
in
England
by
Lieutenant Governor
John Graves Simcoe
in
1793
.
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