(Encyclopedia) MoisieMoisiemwäzēˈ [key], river, 210 mi (338 km) long, rising in E Que., Canada, near the Labrador border, and flowing S to the St. Lawrence. The Hudson's Bay Company has an important…
(Encyclopedia) NatashkwanNatashkwannătˌăshkwŏnˈ, nətăshˈkwən [key], river, 241 mi (388 km) long, rising in S Labrador, N.L., Canada, and flowing S across E Que. to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It is…
(Encyclopedia) MataneMatanemətănˈ [key], town (1991 pop. 12,756), SE Que., Canada, on the St. Lawrence River at the mouth of the Matane River at the beginning of the Gaspé Peninsula. Matane is a…
(Encyclopedia) LeadLeadlēd [key], city (1990 pop. 3,632), Lawrence co., W S.Dak., in the Black Hills; laid out 1876 after the discovery of gold there, inc. 1890. It is the site of the famous…
(Encyclopedia) Lévis-LauzonLévis-Lauzonlēˈvĭs lōzôNˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 39,452), S Que., Canada, on the St. Lawrence River opposite Quebec. Settled in 1647, it was a base (1759) for Wolfe's siege…
(Encyclopedia) La MalbaieLa Malbaielä mälbāˈ [key] or Murray Bay, village (1991 pop. 3,968), S central Que., Canada, at the confluence of the Malbaie (or Murray) River with the St. Lawrence. It is a…
(Encyclopedia) PrescottPrescottprĕsˈkət [key], town (1991 pop. 4,512), SE Ont., Canada, on the St. Lawrence River, opposite Ogdensburg, N.Y. Fort Wellington, built during the War of 1812, is now a…
(Encyclopedia) RimouskiRimouskirĭm&oomacr;ˈskē [key], town (1991 pop. 30,873), S Que., Canada, on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, NE of Quebec. A major center for oceanographic…
ELLSWORTH, Robert Fred, a Representative from Kansas; born in Lawrence, Douglas County, Kans., June 11, 1926; attended the Lawrence, Kans., schools; graduated with a B.S. degree from the…
(Encyclopedia) Coffin, Sir Isaac, 1759–1839, British naval officer, b. Boston, Mass. From a loyalist family, he fought for the British in the American Revolution and in the French Revolutionary Wars…
