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National Reserves

Name and location Total acreageCity of Rocks (Idaho) 14,107.19Ebey's Landing (Nat'l Historical Reserve) (Wash.) 19,323.99New Jersey Pinelands (N.J.)1,100,000National PreservesThe National…

National Battlefields

Name and location Total acreageAntietam (Md.) 3,244.37Big Hole (Mont.) 1,010.61Cowpens (S.C.) 841.56Fort Donelson (Tenn.) 551.69Fort Necessity (Pa.) 902.80Monocacy (Md.) 1,647.01Moores Creek…

National Memorials

Name and location Total acreageArkansas Post (Ark.) 746.88Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial (Va.) 27.91Chamizal (Tex.) 54.90Coronado (Ariz.) 4,750.22David Berger (Ohio)n.a.De Soto (…

National Seashores

Name and location Total acreageAssateague Island (Md.-Va.) 39,733.43Canaveral (Fla.) 57,661.69Cape Cod (Mass.) 43,604.94Cape Hatteras (N.C.) 30,321.46Cape Lookout (N.C.) 28,243.36Cumberland…

National Lakeshores

Name and location Total acreageApostle Islands (Wis.) 69,371.89Indiana Dunes (Ind.) 15,044.47Pictured Rocks (Mich.) 73,235.53Sleeping Bear Dunes (Mich.) 71,194.71ParkwaysThe National Park…

NATIONAL PARKS

Name, location, and year authorized Acreage Outstanding characteristicsAcadia (Maine), 1919 47,548.94Rugged seashore on Mt. Desert Island and adjacent mainlandArches (Utah), 1971 76,518.98…

National Championship

Women's hockey is not an officially sanctioned NCAA sport, but a championship is sponsored by the American Women's College Hockey Alliance (AWCHA).March 27 in Minneapolis, Minn.Championship…

National Population

Estimates in thousands Mid-year United Kingdom Great Britain England and Wales England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland 1995 58,025 56,376 51,272 48,383 2,…

Métis, in Canadian history and society

(Encyclopedia) Métis [Fr.,=mixed], person of mixed racial heritage, particularly a descendant of French and English fur traders and indigenous women, principally in the Canadian prairie provinces of…

Huron, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia) HuronHuronhy&oobreve;rˈänˌ [key], confederation of four Native North American groups who spoke the Wyandot language, which belongs to the Iroquoian branch of the Hokan-Siouan…