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Melville Island, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Melville Island, c.16,400 sq mi (42,500 sq km), Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Canada, N of Victoria Island; largest of the Queen Elizabeth Islands. Generally hilly (rising to c.1,500 ft/460 m), i...

Montebello, village, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Montebello mŏntĭbĕlˈō [key], village (1991 pop. 1,022), SW Que., Canada, on the Ottawa River NE of Ottawa. It is a summer resort in a lumbering and farming area. The political leader Louis Joseph...

Montmorency, town, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Montmorency mŏntˌmərĕnˈsē [key], town, S Que., Canada, at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and Montmorency rivers; now part of the municipality of Beauport. It is a suburb of Quebec city and t...

Montmorency, river, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Montmorency, river, c.60 mi (100 km) long, rising in the Laurentian Mts., S Que., Canada, and flowing generally S to the St. Lawrence River. Near its mouth are Montmorency Falls (275 ft/84 m high), pr...

Moose, river, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Moose, river, c.50 mi (80 km) long, formed in central Ont., Canada, by the Mattagami and Missinaibi rivers. It flows NE to its confluence with the Abitibi River and into SW James Bay near Moosonee. ...

Mississippi, river, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Mississippi, river, c.100 mi (160 km) long, rising E of the Kawartha Lakes, S Ont., Canada, and flowing NE through Mississippi Lake, then N to the Ottawa River near Arnprior. It is navigable for small...

London, city, Canada

(Encyclopedia)London, city (1991 pop. 303,165), SE Ont., Canada, on the Thames River. The site was chosen in 1792 by Gov. Simcoe to be the capital of Upper Canada, but York was made capital instead. London was sett...

Niagara, town, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Niagara, Ont.: see Niagara-on-the-Lake. ...

Newark, town, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Newark, Ont.: see Niagara-on-the-Lake. ...

Newcastle, town, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Newcastle, town (1991 pop. 5,711), E central N.B., Canada, on the Miramichi River. Located in a lumbering region, it has sawmills and a large pulp mill. Newcastle was the birthplace of the Canadian le...