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Samara
Samara , river, c.360 mi (580 km) long, rising in the foothills of the S Urals, European Russia. It flows generally northwest, and joins the Volga River at Samara. ... Read more
Gallatin
Gallatin river, c.120 mi (190 km) long, rising in the Gallatin Range in the northwest corner of Yellowstone National Park, NW Wyo., and flowing generally northwest to join the Madison and Jefferson rivers at the Three Forks of the Missouri, SW Mont. The river is used for irrigation. ... Read more
Parsnip
Parsnip river, c.150 mi (240 km) long, rising in central British Columbia, Canada, and flowing northwest to join the Finlay River at Williston Lake and form the Peace River. Explored by Sir Alexander Mackenzie in 1793, it became, with the Peace River, an important fur-trade route. ... Read more
Nordic Council
Nordic Council international consultative body, created in 1952 by Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Finland joined the council in 1955. The territories of the Faeroes and the Åland Islands have been represented since 1970; Greenland gained representation in 1984. The council may take up ... Read more
Transkei
Transkei , former black "homeland" and nominal republic, E South Africa. Transkei was bounded by the Great Kei River on the south, by the Indian Ocean on the east, by Natal on the north, and by Lesotho on the northwest. The capital and main city was Umtata. Part of the Drakensberg Range was... Read more
Gambia

The Gambia , officially Republic of The Gambia, republic (2005 est. pop. 1,593,000), 4,361 sq mi (11,295 sq km), W Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the west and surrounded on the remaining three sides by Senegal. The capital is Banjul .

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Sir John Alexander Macdonald
Sir John Alexander Macdonald 1815-91, Canadian statesman, first prime minister of the Dominion of Canada, b. Glasgow. His parents settled in 1820 in Kingston, Ont. Macdonald first practiced law. With his election (1844) as a Conservative to the legislative assembly, he entered upon his long politic... Read more
Labuan
Labuan , island (1991 pop. 54,307), 38 sq mi (98 sq km), a federal territory of Malaysia, off Sabah, N Borneo, in the South China Sea. Coconuts, rubber, and rice are the main products. Victoria, the chief town, has a fine harbor and an airport and is the shipping center for much of N Borneo. Labuan ... Read more
William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison 1773-1841, 9th President of the United States (Mar. 4-Apr. 4, 1841), b. "Berkeley," Charles City co., Va.; son of Benjamin Harrison (1726?-1791) and grandfather of Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901). Military and Political Careers Harrison attended Hampden-Sydney... Read more
Aare
Aare or Aar , longest river entirely in Switzerland, 183 mi (295 km) long, rising in the Bernese Alps and fed by several glaciers. The upper Aare emerges from dam-impounded Grimsel Lake and flows generally W through Lake Brienz, past Interlaken (where it is canalized), and through Lake Thun, the... Read more

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Rufus King
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...sympathized with the patriots, although he did not join Gen. George Washington's army. King graduated from...Congress and also sought to exclude slavery from the Northwest Territory. In 1786 he married Mary Alsop, the daughter of a...
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security ...aggression, the first countries to join the alliance were Belgium, Canada...satellite states have begun to join NATO. The Czech Republic, Hungary...established at the North Pole, past the Northwest Territories of Canada, while the southern...
Mackenzie
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...800 km) long, issuing from Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada, and flowing generally NW to the Arctic...Finlay-Peace river system and the Athabasca River join the Mackenzie. The Finlay-Peace-Mackenzie system...
Akron: History
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States ...American Revolution, Great Britain ceded Ohio and the Northwest Territories to the U.S. However, the British continued to...begun from the south shore of Lake Erie with a plan to join the Ohio River at Portsmouth, then proceed east through...
Ghana
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography ...southeast to west-northwest Land boundaries: 2...Faso on the north and northwest. 2 TERRITORIES AND DEPENDENCIES Ghana...Black Volta forms the northwest border, then flows...border, the Red Volta joins the White Volta, which...
Northwest Ordinance
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...governments in the territory and to the formation of states that would join the union on an equal...moving the western territory toward statehood in...Congress. When the territory's population reached...Indiana and Illinois territories.) Early settlement...Wisconsin in 1848. The ...
Pelly
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Pelly river, c.330 mi (530 km) long, rising W of the Mackenzie Mts., S central Yukon Territory, Canada, and flowing generally northwest to join the Yukon River at Fort Selkirk. The Pelly receives the Ross and Macmillan rivers. It was...
Articles of Confederation
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...Canada was specifically allowed to join the confederation, but all other...western lands, and it enacted the Northwest Ordinance , which established the...for the administration of federal territories. See also Colonial Era ; Constitution...
Jordan
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography ...located to the northwest of the Arabian...The West Bank, territory west of the Jordan...region in 1988. 2 TERRITORIES AND DEPENDENCIES Jordan has no territories or dependencies...inches) in the northwest. Most rain falls...occupied West Bank territory. The world's...both of which ...
Hudson's Bay Company
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...recognized as British territory. Rivalry, however...or to search out the Northwest Passage. The only notable...1719 to find by sea the Northwest Passage and fabled gold...that there was no short Northwest Passage out of Hudson...Thompson , left it to join the Northwesters. Amalgamation...

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Clark's Northwest Campaign
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...control over the country northwest of the Ohio River...easily persuaded to join the rebel standard...southern end of the Northwest Territory until the close of the...factor in obtaining the Northwest for the United States...
Tecumseh
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ...advancing into the Old Northwest after 1774. He took...the Shawnee and other northwest tribes in resisting white expansion into their territory after Fallen Timbers...southeastern tribes to join his confederacy. While...Tecumseh returned to the Northwest in 1812 and allied himself...
Acadia
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...the entire swath of territory extending from the Gasp...northern Maine, Abenaki territory that would long remain...soon known, spread northwest-ward from Port Royal...farmsteads and move to French territory and from the British...eventually returned to join those who had remained...
Dall, William Healey
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Kennicott ’ s invitation to join, as naturalist, the Western Union International...Resources , and enlightening book on the new territory. An appointment, obtained through Spencer...For the Survey he made six trips to the northwest coast from 1890 to 1910 and in 1899 was...

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Northwest Territories Joins BizPaL
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 2/21/2008; 700+ words ; YELLOWKNIFE, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES--(Marketwire - Feb. 21...and running a business in the Northwest Territories will become easier...services. The Government of the Northwest Territories is pleased to sign a multi...
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PURCHASES RARE MAP OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 12/4/2006; 625 words ; ...1798) produced a map of the Northwest Territory, a "road map" of the upper...eventually were carved out of the Northwest Territory: Ohio, Michigan, Indiana...Kentucky. The Fitch map of 1785 joins the Clements Library's collection...
Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay to reach four communities in Northwest Territories.
News Wire article from: CNW Group; 11/21/2008; 700+ words ; ...of over half of the territory's population. The...every province and territory, as we celebrate...all residents of the Northwest Territories to join Canadians in a unique...Honourable Floyd Roland, Northwest Territories Premier...
Media Advisory: The Governments of Canada and the Northwest Territories to Announce Funding for Post-Secondary Infrastructure.
News Wire article from: Marketwire Canada; 7/30/2009; 493 words ; YELLOWKNIFE, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, Jul 30, 2009 (Marketwire...and Technology), will join the Honourable Jackson Lafferty, Northwest Territories Minister of...54 Street Yellowknife, Northwest Territories SOURCE: Industry...
CANADA CALLS NORTHWEST TERRITORIES LIKE ANOTHER WORLD< /CSB/2/80>CANADA CALLS.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI); 1/11/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...them at Scott Lake, Northwest Territories, where I went for the...boundary between the Northwest Territories and Saskatchewan...a small cove in the northwest arm of Scott to "sight...everything else. The guides join the guests for dinner...
The 'new' Northwest Territories. (On the Horizon).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Canadian Geographic; 7/1/2002; 566 words ; ...through the heart of the Northwest Territories last spring, he discovered...proposed. But will the territory manage the transformation...In the next issue, join Struzik as he winds...people of the "new" Northwest Territories.
Talisman Latest Entry in Field Eyeing Northwest Territories.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Natural Gas Week; 4/24/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...the latest company to join the race to develop natural gas in the Northwest Territories (NWT). Last week...southeastern Yukon Territory. Talisman will hold...significant move into the Northwest Territories," said Jim Buckee...
Landform assemblages produced by the Laurentide Ice Sheet in northeastern British Columbia and adjacent Northwest Territories--constraints on glacial lakes and patterns of ice retreat.(Report)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences; 5/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...British Columbia and adjacent Northwest Territories and all regional drainage to...and Fort Liard (NTS 95B), Northwest Territories (Fig. 1). New insights...valley in the north where it joins the Great Slave Plain and Mackenzie...
The Government of Canada Announces Canada Day Poster Challenge 2008 Finalists for Northwest Territories
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 5/2/2008; 588 words ; YELLOWKNIFE, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES--(Marketwire - May 2, 2008...Poster Challenge 2008 winner for the Northwest Territories. This year's theme was My Canada...travel to Ottawa, where they will join thousands of other Canadians gathered...
New Nadina Gives Update on Monument Property, Northwest Territories, Canada and Announces New Partner
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 3/29/2007; 678 words ; ...progress at Monument Diamond Project at Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories. Diamond drilling on the DD17 kimberlite pipe commenced...diamond deposit in the area remains high." Jennings joins owners New Nadina Explorations Limited 57.49% and...