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Kootenay Lake

(Encyclopedia)Kootenay Lake, Canada: see Kootenai, river. ...

McMurray

(Encyclopedia)McMurray, Alta., Canada: see Fort McMurray. ...

Kemano Dam

(Encyclopedia)Kemano Dam: see Nechako, river, Canada. ...

Laurentian Plateau

(Encyclopedia)Laurentian Plateau, Canada: see Canadian Shield. ...

Lauzon

(Encyclopedia)Lauzon: see Lévis-Lauzon, Que., Canada. ...

Ville Lasalle

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

Ungava

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

Bagotville

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