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''[[United States|United States]] > [[United States Migration Internal|Migration]] > Canadian River'' <br><br> | ''[[United States|United States]] > [[United States Migration Internal|Migration]] > Canadian River'' <br><br> [[Image:Canadian River Map.png|right|300px|Canadian River Map.png]] The Canadian River rises in mountains in New Mexico and flows into the Arkansas River in eastern Oklahoma - Haskell county. Through its 906 mile length, the Canadian flows through Oklahoma from west to east.<ref>Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica, [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/91980/Canadian-River Canadian River] at http://www.britannica.com (accessed 15 July 2014).</ref> This is often a slow-moving waterway bounded by red mud flats and quicksand. When sufficient rain has fallen, the river can carry substantial amounts of water.<ref>Wikipedia contributors [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_River Canadian River] at www.wikipedia.org (accessed 15 July 2014)</ref> Native Americans and early explorers used the Canadian as a highway to reach the interior. Traders and hunters operated around the waterway. | ||
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The Canadian River rises in mountains in New Mexico and flows into the Arkansas River in eastern Oklahoma - Haskell county. Through its 906 mile length, the Canadian flows through Oklahoma from west to east.<ref>Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica, [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/91980/Canadian-River Canadian River] at http://www.britannica.com (accessed 15 July 2014).</ref> This is often a slow-moving waterway bounded by red mud flats and quicksand. When sufficient rain has fallen, the river can carry substantial amounts of water.<ref>Wikipedia contributors [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_River Canadian River] at www.wikipedia.org (accessed 15 July 2014)</ref> Native Americans and early explorers used the Canadian as a highway to reach the interior. Traders and hunters operated around the waterway. | |||
Since 1907 the Canadian River has either passed through or formed a boundary between nineteen Oklahoma counties, including Ellis, Roger Mills, Dewey, Custer, Blaine, Canadian, Grady, Cleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie, Pontotoc, Seminole, Hughes, McIntosh, Pittsburg, Muskogee, Haskell, Sequoyah, and LeFlore.<ref>Oklahoma Historical Society [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/C/CA039.html Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture: Canadian River] (accessed 15 July 2014)</ref> | Since 1907 the Canadian River has either passed through or formed a boundary between nineteen Oklahoma counties, including Ellis, Roger Mills, Dewey, Custer, Blaine, Canadian, Grady, Cleveland, McClain, Pottawatomie, Pontotoc, Seminole, Hughes, McIntosh, Pittsburg, Muskogee, Haskell, Sequoyah, and LeFlore.<ref>Oklahoma Historical Society [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/C/CA039.html Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture: Canadian River] (accessed 15 July 2014)</ref> | ||
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[[Category:US_Migration_Rivers_and_Lakes]] [[Category:Oklahoma]] [[Category:New_Mexico]] | [[Category:US_Migration_Rivers_and_Lakes]] [[Category:Oklahoma]] [[Category:New_Mexico]][[Category:Major_Rivers]] | ||