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(Encyclopedia) Fort Albany, Canadian fur-trading post, N Ont., at the mouth of the Albany River on James Bay. It was founded (before 1682) by the Hudson's Bay Company as one of its earliest forts. In…Green Bay, arm of Lake Michigan
(Encyclopedia) Green Bay, western arm of Lake Michigan, c.100 mi (160 km) long and from 10 to 20 mi (16–32 km) wide, NE Wis. and NW Mich.; separated from the lake by the Door and Garden peninsulas.…Antsiranana
(Encyclopedia) Antsiranana Antsiranana äntˌsēräˈnānä [key], formerly Diégo-Suarez Diégo-Suarez dē-āˈgō-swärˈĕs [key], town, N Madagascar, on Antsiranana Bay…Severn, river, Canada
(Encyclopedia) SevernSevernsĕvˈərn [key]. 1 River, c.420 mi (680 km) long, rising in W Ont., Canada, and flowing NE through Severn Lake to Hudson Bay. Fort Severn, a Hudson's Bay Company trading post…Fox, Luke
(Encyclopedia) Fox or Foxe, Luke, 1586–1635, English explorer. As a master mariner, he set forth in 1631 to hunt for the Northwest Passage. He explored the southern shore of Hudson Bay, satisfied…Biscay, Bay of
(Encyclopedia) Biscay, Bay ofBiscay, Bay ofbĭsˈkā [key], arm of the Atlantic Ocean, indenting the coast of W Europe from Ushant island (Île d'Ouessant) off Brittany, NW France, to Cape Ortegal, NW…San Pablo Bay
(Encyclopedia) San Pablo Bay: see San Francisco Bay.Menominee, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) MenomineeMenomineemənŏmˈənē [key], city (1990 pop. 9,398), seat of Menominee co., N Mich., W Upper Peninsula, on Green Bay at the mouth of the Menominee River; inc. 1883. It is a…Kill Van Kull
(Encyclopedia) Kill Van KullKill Van Kullkĭl văn kŭl [key], channel, 4 mi (6.4 km) long and .5 mi (.8 km) wide, connecting Upper New York Bay with Newark Bay, between Bayonne, N.J., and Staten Island…Little America
(Encyclopedia) Little America, base for Antarctic exploring expeditions, Antarctica, on the Ross Ice Shelf, S of the Bay of Whales. Richard E. Byrd, a U.S. explorer, established and named Little…Trending
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