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Garry, Fort

(Encyclopedia)Garry, Fort: see Fort Garry, Canada. ...

Île Jésus

(Encyclopedia)Île Jésus, Que., Canada: see Laval. ...

Albany, Fort

(Encyclopedia)Albany, Fort: see Fort Albany, Canada. ...

Akimiski

(Encyclopedia)Akimiski, island: see James Bay, Canada. ...

Bagotville

(Encyclopedia)Bagotville: see La Baie, Que., Canada. ...

Ungava

(Encyclopedia)Ungava: see Labrador-Ungava, peninsula, Canada. ...

Noranda

(Encyclopedia)Noranda: see Rouyn-Noranda, Que., Canada. ...

Ville Lasalle

(Encyclopedia)Ville Lasalle: see Lasalle, Que., Canada. ...

Springhill

(Encyclopedia)Springhill, town (1991 pop. 4,373), N N.S., Canada. Located in a region of mixed farming and lumbering, it was formerly an active coal-mining center. ...

flying squirrel

(Encyclopedia)flying squirrel, name for certain nocturnal tree squirrels adapted for gliding; they do not actually fly. Most are found in Asia, but one species of the genus Pteromys extends into SE Europe and the t...

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