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Montebello, village, Canada
(Encyclopedia)Montebello mŏntĭbĕlˈō [key], village (1991 pop. 1,022), SW Que., Canada, on the Ottawa River NE of Ottawa. It is a summer resort in a lumbering and farming area. The political leader Louis Joseph...Pembroke, town, Canada
(Encyclopedia)Pembroke pĕmˈbrōk [key], town (1991 pop. 13,997), SE Ont., Canada, NW of Ottawa, on the Ottawa River. It is a lumbering center and also has steel and electric-products factories. ...Cornwall, city, Canada
(Encyclopedia)Cornwall, industrial city, SE Ont., Canada, on the St. Lawrence River. It manufactures cotton and rayon textiles, paper, chemicals, furniture, and elect...Dartmouth, city, Canada
(Encyclopedia)Dartmouth, city and former municipality, S N.S., Canada, on Halifax harbor, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean. Dartmouth has large sugar and oil refineries, and it produces ships, iron, and aircraft part...Dauphin, town, Canada
(Encyclopedia)Dauphin dôˈfĭn [key], town, SW Man., Canada, on the Vermilion River. It is the retail and ...Chatham, city, Canada
(Encyclopedia)Chatham, city, S Ont., Canada, E of Detroit, Mich., on the Thames River. It is an industrial center in a rich mixed farming and fruit-raising region. It...Chicoutimi, city, Canada
(Encyclopedia)Chicoutimi shĭko͞oˈtĭmēˌ [key], city, S Que., Canada, at the confluence of the Chicoutimi and ...Chicoutimi, river, Canada
(Encyclopedia)Chicoutimi, river, c.100 mi (160 km) long, rising in the Laurentian Mts. and flowing N into Lake Kenogami, then E into the Saguenay River at Chicoutimi. A hydroelectric facility on the falls (50 ft/15...Churchill, town, Canada
(Encyclopedia)Churchill, town, NE Manitoba, Canada, a remote port on Hudson Bay at the mouth of the Churchill River. The northern terminus of the Hudson Bay Railway, ...Churchill, rivers, Canada
(Encyclopedia)Churchill. 1 River, c.600 mi (970 km) long, issuing as the Ashuanipi River from Ashuanipi Lake, SW Labrador, N.L., Canada, and flowing in an arc north, then southeast through a series of lakes to Chur...Browse by Subject
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