The body of water that I feel the most connected to is called the Jock River, which is just in the west end of Ottawa. The reason that I remember it the most vividly was that it was somewhere that we would go when we were younger. Our dad would take us canoeing there, probably every summer. I just remember a lot of wildlife that we would encounter, and catching frogs and turtles.
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