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Sir John Franklin Sir John Franklin
Sir John Franklin 1786-1847, British explorer in N Canada whose disappearance caused a widespread search of the Arctic. Entering the navy in 1801, he fought in the battle of Trafalgar. On his first overland expedition (1819-22) in N Canada, his party crossed the barren grounds from Great Slave Lake... Read more
Arctic Red River Arctic Red River
Arctic Red River c.310 mi (500 km) long, rising in the Mackenzie Mts. of W Northwest Territories, Canada, and flowing generally NW to the Mackenzie River. At its mouth are a post of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the village of Tsiigehtchic, formerly Arctic Red River.... Read more
Orange River Orange River
Orange River chief river of S Africa, c.1,300 mi (2,090 km) long, rising in the Maluti Mts., N Lesotho. It flows SW through Lesotho, then meanders northwest and west through central South Africa, forming the SW boundary of Free State and part of the South Africa-Namibia line before entering the... Read more
Sir Alexander Mackenzie Sir Alexander Mackenzie
Sir Alexander Mackenzie 1764?-1820, Canadian fur trader and explorer, b. Scotland. His family took him to the colony of New York in 1774, and later he was sent to Canada. He entered (c.1779) a Montreal fur-trading firm and in a short time became partner of one of the firms that merged (1787) to... Read more
Louis Jolliet Louis Jolliet
Louis Jolliet , 1645-1700, French explorer, joint discoverer with Jacques Marquette of the upper Mississippi River, b. Quebec prov., Canada. After a year's study of hydrography in France and some years as a trader and trapper on the Great Lakes, Jolliet was appointed (1672) as leader of an... Read more
River blackfish River blackfish
Gadopsis marmoratus (river black-fish) See GADOPSIDAE.... Read more
Anderson Anderson
Anderson river, c.465 mi (750 km) long, rising in several lakes in N central Northwest Territories, Canada. It meanders north and west before receiving the Carnwath River and flowing north to Liverpool Bay, an arm of the Arctic Ocean. The village of Staton is at its mouth.... Read more
Bradenton Bradenton
Bradenton , city (1990 pop. 43,779), seat of Manatee co., SW Fla., on Tampa Bay at the mouths of the Braden and Manatee rivers; inc. 1903. A popular winter resort and retirement center with excellent fishing in the rivers and bay, as well as in the Gulf of Mexico, it also ships area citrus fruit and... Read more
Lake Winnipeg Lake Winnipeg
Lake Winnipeg third largest lake of Canada, 9,465 sq mi (24,514 sq km), 264 mi (425 km) long and from 25 to 68 mi (40-109 km) wide, S central Man., Canada, N of Winnipeg. It is a remnant of glacial Lake Agassiz . It receives the Red, Winnipeg, and Saskatchewan rivers and many lesser streams and is... Read more
Northwest Territories Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories territory (2001 pop. 37,360), 532,643 sq mi (1,379,028 sq km), NW Canada. The Northwest Territories lie W of Nunavut, N of lat. 60°N, and E of Yukon. Until 1999, when the Northwest Territories were divided and the eastern portion became Nunavut , the region occupied more... Read more

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