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''[[United States Genealogy|United States]] &gt; [[United States Migration Internal|Migration]] &gt; 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>  


A portion of the North Canadian in Oklahoma City is now a recreation area renamed the Oklahoma River.<ref>[https://www.okc.gov/government/maps-3/maps-history/original-maps/oklahoma-river Oklahoma River] at http://okc.gov (accessed 15 July 2014)</ref>  
A portion of the North Canadian in Oklahoma City is now a recreation area renamed the Oklahoma River.<ref>[http://www.okc.gov/maps/river/index.html Oklahoma River] at http://okc.gov (accessed 15 July 2014)</ref>  


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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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

A portion of the North Canadian in Oklahoma City is now a recreation area renamed the Oklahoma River.[4]

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  1. ↑ Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica, Canadian River at http://www.britannica.com (accessed 15 July 2014).
  2. ↑ Wikipedia contributors Canadian River at www.wikipedia.org (accessed 15 July 2014)
  3. ↑ Oklahoma Historical Society Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture: Canadian River (accessed 15 July 2014)
  4. ↑ Oklahoma River at http://okc.gov (accessed 15 July 2014)
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