Algonquin facts for kids

Algonquin or Algonquian—and the variation Algonki(a)n—may refer to:

Languages and peoples

• Algonquian languages, a large subfamily of Native American languages in a wide swath of eastern North America from Canada to Virginia
  • Algonquin language, the language of the Algonquin people in Canada, for which the Algonquian languages group is named
• Algonquian peoples, Indigenous tribes of North America composed of people who speak the Algonquian languages
  • Algonquin people, a subgroup of Algonquian people who speak the Algonquin language and live in Quebec and Ontario, Canada

Arts and media

• Algonquin (film), a 2013 Canadian film
• Algonquin Books, an imprint of Workman Publishing Company
• Algonquin, a fictional island, based on Manhattan, in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV
• A dog from the 1988 film Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

Buildings and institutions

• The Algonquin, a hotel in St. Andrews, New Brunswick
• Algonquin Club, Boston, Massachusetts
• Algonquin Hotel, New York City
  • Algonquin Round Table, a group of New York writers, critics, actors and wits who regularly congregated at the Algonquin Hotel
• Algonquin Power & Utilities, a utility company operating in North America
• Algonquin Radio Observatory, a radio telescope research facility in the Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
• Algonquin Regional High School, located in Northborough, Massachusetts
• Algonquin College, a college in Ontario, Canada

Military

• French ship Algonquin (1753), ship built in Quebec City, New France
• The Algonquin Regiment (Northern Pioneers), an infantry regiment in the Canadian Forces
• HMCS Algonquin, at least two ships of the Canadian Navy
• USAHS Algonquin, a 1926 hospital ship of the United States Army Transportation Service
• USS Algonquin, at least three ships of the United States Navy

Places

• Glacial Lake Algonquin, a North American proglacial lake at the time of the last ice age

Canada

• Algonquin, Ontario, a community in the township of Augusta
• Algonquin Highlands, Ontario, a township
• South Algonquin, Ontario, a township
• Algonquin Provincial Park, a provincial park in Ontario
• Algonquin Island, one of the Toronto Islands in Ontario

United States

• Algonquin, Illinois
• Algonquin Township, McHenry County, Illinois
• Algonquin, Louisville, Kentucky
• Algonquin, Maryland
• Algonquin, Michigan
• Algonkian Regional Park, Virginia
• Algonquin Peak, the second highest mountain in New York state
• "Algonquin", A 12,574' peak in the Indian Peaks Wilderness, Colorado
• "Algonquin", also a small Northwestern community located in the city limits of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan