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Tonawanda

(Encyclopedia)Tonawanda tŏnəwŏnˈdə [key], city (1990 pop. 17,284), Erie co., NW N.Y., on the Niagara River at the terminus of the Erie Canal; inc. as a village 1854, as a city 1903. An industrial suburb of Buf...

Okeechobee Waterway

(Encyclopedia)Okeechobee Waterway or Cross-Florida Waterway, 155 mi (249 km) long, across S Fla., from Stuart on the Atlantic Ocean to Fort Myers on the Gulf of Mexico. Its main segments are the St. Lucie Canal, La...

Vyg

(Encyclopedia)Vyg vĭg [key], Finn. Uikujärvi, Rus. Vygozero, lake, c.300 sq mi (780 sq km), NW European Russia, in Karelia, between Lake Onega and the White Sea. It is fed by the Vyg River, which also drains it i...

Wallenstadt, Lake of

(Encyclopedia)Wallenstadt, Lake of välˈənshtätˌ [key], Ger. Walensee or Wallensee, narrow mountain lake, c.9 sq mi (23 sq km), between St. Gall and Glarus cantons, E Switzerland. It is connected with Zürich b...

Castrop-Rauxel

(Encyclopedia)Castrop-Rauxel käsˈtrôp-roukˈsəl [key], city, North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany, on the Rhine-Herne ...

South Hadley

(Encyclopedia)South Hadley, residential town (1990 pop. 16,685), Hampshire co., W Mass., on the Connecticut River near the Holyoke Range; settled 1684, inc. 1775. Its paper industry dates from the early 19th cent. ...

Beauharnois

(Encyclopedia)Beauharnois bōhärˈnwä [key], city, S Que., Canada, on Lake St. Louis, a broadening of the St. ...

Evarts, William Maxwell

(Encyclopedia)Evarts, William Maxwell ĕvˈərts [key], 1818–1901, American lawyer and statesman, b. Boston; grandson of Roger Sherman. After attending Harvard Law School he began (1841) to practice law in New Yo...

Osnabrück

(Encyclopedia)Osnabrück ôsˌnäbrükˈ [key], city (1994 pop. 168,078), Lower Saxony, NW Germany, on the Hase River, linked by canal with the Midland Canal. It is an inland port, a rail junction, and an industria...

Medinipur

(Encyclopedia)Medinipur mĭdˈnəpûrˌ [key], town (1991 pop. 125,498), West Bengal state, E India, on the Kasai River. It is a district administrative center and has textile and chemical manufactures. A canal lin...