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Fourth of July

(Encyclopedia)Fourth of July, Independence Day, or July Fourth, U.S. holiday, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. The Second Continental Congress approved the Declaration on July 4, 1776...

Garay, Juan de

(Encyclopedia)Garay, Juan de hwän dā gärīˈ [key], c.1528–1583, Spanish conquistador, refounder of Buenos Aires. He went to Peru (1544) in the train of the first viceroy, Blasco Núñez Vela, and was active a...

Wuchang

(Encyclopedia)Wuchang wo͞o-chäng [key], former city, since 1950 part of Wuhan, E Hubei prov., China, on the right bank of the Chang River at the mouth of the Han. It is an administrative and cultural center, with...

Fort William

(Encyclopedia)Fort William: see Thunder Bay, Ont., Canada. ...

Graham Island

(Encyclopedia)Graham Island, 2,485 sq mi (6,436 sq km), off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, northernmost and largest of the Queen Charlotte Islands. ...

Melville Sound

(Encyclopedia)Melville Sound, Canada: see Viscount Melville Sound. ...

Nipigon

(Encyclopedia)Nipigon, river, Canada: see under Nipigon, Lake. ...

Parry Islands

(Encyclopedia)Parry Islands: see Queen Elizabeth Islands, Canada. ...

Pelee, Point

(Encyclopedia)Pelee, Point: see Point Pelee, Ont., Canada. ...

Kettle Rapids Dam

(Encyclopedia)Kettle Rapids Dam: see Nelson, river, Canada. ...