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A fact from Oxtongue River appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 June 2024, and was viewed approximately 7,300 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Oxtongue River, historically a canoe route for indigenous people, is still used for recreational canoeing?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/June. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Oxtongue River.

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 16:31, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Ragged Falls on the Oxtongue River

... that the Ragged Falls (pictured) on the Oxtongue River is considered one of the top 10 waterfalls in Ontario?

Source: Ref #9 (Oxtongue River-Ragged Falls Provincial Park: Amazing Waterfall in Ontario)

ALT1: ... that the Oxtongue River was a canoe route for indigenous people is still used for recreational canoeing? Source: Refs #5 and #6
ALT2: ... that the Oxtongue River (pictured) flows through an ancient glacial spillway that drained meltwaters from the Algonquin Highlands into Lake Algonquin? Source: Ref #6 (Oxtongue River-Ragged Falls Provincial Park Management Plan)
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Larmanjat guided rail system
Comment: This DYK should run on July 1 (Canada Day).

Created by P199 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 37 past nominations.

P 1 9 9 ✉ 14:13, 29 May 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Starting review--Kev min § 16:38, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Article new enough and long enough. All sections well sourced and neutrally written. Hook one is verified. hook two and three are source, but we need citations directly after each in the article per DYK rules.--Kev min § 16:19, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Kevmin: done. Thanks for your review. -- P 1 9 9 ✉ 19:29, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

All three hooks now cited for DYK. Sources for each are neutral and hooks are accurate to sourcing. Work is needed on the article and hook wording for Alt2, which as it is right now is too close to the source The Oxtongue River flows through an ancient glacial spillway, which drained meltwaters from the Algonquin Highlands into glacial Lake Algonquin. for our policies.--Kev min § 14:33, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Kevmin: I have rewritten the statement in the article, but struck out ALT2 here, because the new wording is too contrived IMO. -- P 1 9 9 ✉ 18:49, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fixes look good. I'm not seeing any other close paraphrasing issues, so I do believe we are good to go.--Kev min § 16:06, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I understand that the hook is about a Canadian topic, but is it really so relevant to Canada that it needs to run on Canada Day? It would be nice of course but the connection to Canada Day seems rather tenuous at best. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 22:43, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Narutolovehinata5: Well, if we're going to limit DYK hooks specifically to Canada Day, good luck getting even one! In fact, the 2 hooks in the holding area now are also not related to Canada Day, but just Canadian topics. As you say, "it would be nice of course"... -- P 1 9 9 ✉ 12:45, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with P199 Canada related in general is better then no Canada Day hooks at all and looking like stuck up Americans.--Kev min § 16:06, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]