Nottaway

[not-uh-wey] /ˈnɒt əˌweɪ/

noun

a river in SW Quebec, Canada, flowing NW to James Bay. 140 miles (225 km) long.

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I recollect distinctly the little locomotives, Nottaway and Logan.

A Pioneer Railway of the West Maude Ward Lafferty
The Nottaway at the crossing point is fourteen hundred and fifty feet wide, and admits bridge spans of five hundred feet.

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