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Niagara Falls, city, Canada

(Encyclopedia) Niagara Falls, city (1991 pop. 75,399), S Ont., Canada, on the Niagara River opposite Niagara Falls, N.Y. Formerly called Clifton, it is a port of entry, an important industrial city,…

Marinette

(Encyclopedia) MarinetteMarinettemârĭnĕtˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 11,843), seat of Marinette co., NE Wis., on Green Bay at the mouth of the Menominee River; inc. 1887. A port of entry, it is the…

Mayagüez

(Encyclopedia) MayagüezMayagüezmīägwāsˈ, mīäwāsˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 100,371), W Puerto Rico, on Mona Passage. It is a port of entry as well as a shipping and manufacturing center in an area where…

Dunkirk, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Dunkirk, city (2020 pop. 12,743), Chautauqua co., SW N.Y., on Lake Erie; founded c.1800, inc. as a city 1880. It is a port of entry and…

Bar Harbor

(Encyclopedia) Bar Harbor, town (2020 pop. 5,089), SE Maine, on Mount Desert Island and on Frenchman Bay; settled 1763, inc. 1796. It was…

Pascagoula

(Encyclopedia) PascagoulaPascagoulapăskəg&oomacr;ˈlə [key], city (1990 pop. 25,899), seat of Jackson co., extreme SE Miss. A port of entry on Mississippi Sound at the mouth of the Pascagoula…

Eagle Pass

(Encyclopedia) Eagle Pass, city (2020 pop. 28,130), seat of Maverick co., W Tex., a port of entry on the Rio Grande opposite Piedras Negras, Mexico;…

Superior

(Encyclopedia) Superior, city (1990 pop. 27,134), seat of Douglas co., NW Wis., on Superior Bay of Lake Superior, at the mouths of the St. Louis and the Nemadji rivers; inc. 1883. It is a port of…

Manitowoc

(Encyclopedia) ManitowocManitowocmănˌĭtəwŏkˈ [key], industrial city (1990 pop. 32,520), seat of Manitowoc co., E Wis., a port of entry on Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Manitowoc River; inc. 1870…

Skagway

(Encyclopedia) SkagwaySkagwayskăgˈwāˌ [key], city (1990 pop. 692), Skagway-Yakutat census div., SE Alaska, in the Panhandle, at the head of Lynn Canal; founded 1897. It is an ice-free port of entry;…