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(Encyclopedia) RichelieuRichelieurĭshˈəl&oomacr; [key], river, c.75 mi (120 km) long, issuing from the north end of Lake Champlain, near the N.Y.–Que. border, and flowing N across S Que. to the…Île-aux-Noix
(Encyclopedia) Île-aux-NoixÎle-aux-Noixēl-ō-nwä [key], island, 210 acres (85 hectares), in the Richelieu River near St. Jean, S Que., Canada; location of Fort Lennox National Historic Site (est. 1921…Churchill, town, Canada
(Encyclopedia) Churchill, town, NE Manitoba, Canada, a remote port on Hudson Bay at the mouth of the Churchill River. The northern terminus of the…Saint Croix, rivers, North America
(Encyclopedia) Saint Croix. 1 River, 75 mi (121 km) long, rising in the Chiputneticook Lakes and flowing SE to Passamaquoddy Bay, forming part of the U.S.-Canada border; navigable to Calais, Maine.…Fort Union
(Encyclopedia) Fort Union, trading post of the American Fur Company, erected in 1828 near the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers, on the Mont.-N.Dak. line; it controlled converging…Brookline
(Encyclopedia) Brookline Brookline br&oobreve;kˈlīn [key], town (2020 pop. 63,191), Norfolk co., E Mass., a suburb…Cahokia Mounds
(Encyclopedia) Cahokia Mounds, approximately 85 surviving Native American earthworks, most in Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, SW Ill., near East St. Louis; largest group of mounds N of Mexico.…Christiansted
(Encyclopedia) Christiansted Christiansted krĭsˈchənstĕdˌ [key], town, chief city of St. Croix, one of the U.S. Virgin…Albemarle Sound
(Encyclopedia) Albemarle Sound, large inland body of generally fresh water, c.55 mi (90 km) long, from 3 to 14 mi (4.8–22 km) wide, NE N.C. Shallow and tideless, the sound is separated from the…Greeneville
(Encyclopedia) Greeneville, town (2020 pop. 15,479), seat of Greene co., NE Tenn., in a tobacco, dairy, and cattle area; founded 1783, inc. 1875. It is…Trending
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