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San Juan National Historic Site

(Encyclopedia)San Juan National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Reconstruction Era National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)Reconstruction Era National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

(Encyclopedia)Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Statue of Liberty National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Statue of Liberty National Monument: see Liberty, Statue of. ...

Prince Edward Island National Park

(Encyclopedia)Prince Edward Island National Park, 7 sq mi (18 sq km), NW P.E.I., Canada, on the Gulf of St. Lawrence; est. 1937. It extends 25 mi (40 km) along the coast and contains sand dunes, cliffs, salt marshe...

River Raisin National Battlefield Park

(Encyclopedia)River Raisin National Battlefield Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Monument Valley

(Encyclopedia)Monument Valley, scenic arid region, c.2,000 sq mi (5,000 sq km), SE Utah and NE Ariz. Located in the Navajo Indian Reservation, Monument Valley is not a true valley but an area of monolithlike buttes...

Cañon City

(Encyclopedia)Cañon City kănˈyən [key], city (2020 pop. 16,693), seat of Fremon...

Tai, lake, China

(Encyclopedia)Tai tī [key], lake, c.1,300 sq mi (3,370 sq km), on the border between Jiangsu prov. and Zhejiang prov., E China; second largest freshwater lake in China. Dotted with islands, it is one of China's mo...

Bellingham

(Encyclopedia)Bellingham bĕlˈĭnghămˌ [key], city (2020 pop. 91,482), seat of Whatcom co., NW Wash., a port of ...