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Whitby, town, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Whitby, town (1991 pop. 61,281), SE Ont., Canada, NE of Toronto, on Lake Ontario. It has a good harbor. The town's manufactures include tires and electronic equipment. ...

Port Hope

(Encyclopedia)Port Hope, town (1991 pop. 11,505), SE Ont., Canada, on Lake Ontario, E of Toronto. It has a large plant for refining uranium ore and is a summer resort. ...

Chilikadrotna Wild River

(Encyclopedia)Chilikadrotna Wild River: see Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. ...

Fort George

(Encyclopedia)Fort George, river, c.480 mi (770 km) long, rising in Lake Nichicun, E Que., Canada. It flows W into James Bay at Fort George, a Hudson's Bay Company trading post. ...

Mulchatna Wild River

(Encyclopedia)Mulchatna Wild River: see Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. ...

Brotherhood of the New Life

(Encyclopedia)Brotherhood of the New Life: see Harris, Thomas Lake. ...

Valama

(Encyclopedia)Valama or Valamo, island, Russia: see Ladoga, Lake. ...

Tlikakila Wild River

(Encyclopedia)Tlikakila Wild River: see Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. ...

Everglades

(Encyclopedia)Everglades, marshy, low-lying subtropical savanna area, c.4,000 sq mi (10,000 sq km), S Fla., extending from Lake Okeechobee S to Florida Bay. Characterized by water, sawgrass, hammocks (islandlike ma...

Shorewood

(Encyclopedia)Shorewood, village (1990 pop. 14,116), Milwaukee co., SE Wis., between the Milwaukee River and Lake Michigan, a suburb of Milwaukee; settled c.1835, inc. 1900. It is mostly residential. ...