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Detroit, river, United States and Canada

(Encyclopedia) Detroit, river, 32 mi (52 km) long, flowing from Lake St. Clair S into Lake Erie between Detroit, Mich., and Windsor, Ont.; it forms part of the U.S.-Canada boundary. It is one of the…

Niagara, river, United States and Canada

(Encyclopedia) NiagaraNiagaranīăgˈrə [key], river, 34 mi (55 km) long, issuing from Lake Erie between Buffalo, N.Y., and Fort Erie, Ont., Canada. It flows north around Grand Island and over Niagara…

Lewis, rivers, United States and Canada

(Encyclopedia) Lewis. 1 Early name of the Snake River. 2 River, c.95 mi (155 km) long, rising in the Cascade Range, SW Wash., and flowing SW to the Columbia River NW of Vancouver. Three privately…

Milk, river, United States and Canada

(Encyclopedia) Milk, river, 729 mi (1,173 km) long, rising in the Rocky Mts., NW Mont. It flows N into Alberta, Canada, then in long curves eastward, S into Montana again, and generally SE to the…

American Indian versus Native American

  More Naming Conventions   American Indian versus Native American   by Borgna Brunner       Native North Americans of Canada Aboriginal people:…

2010 Olympics: Ice Hockey

A tournament of veterans   The USA Women's Hockey team wins at the Nagano Olympics Related Links 2010 Winter OlympicsIce Hockey Through the YearsEncyclopedia: Ice Hockey…

Columbia, river, Canada and the United States

(Encyclopedia) Columbia, river, c.1,210 mi (1,950 km) long, rising in Columbia Lake, SE British Columbia, Canada. It flows first NW in the Rocky Mt. Trench, then hooks sharply about the Selkirk Mts.…

Flathead, river, Canada and the United States

(Encyclopedia) FlatheadFlatheadflătˈhĕd [key], river, c.240 mi (390 km) long, rising as the North Fork, in SE British Columbia, Canada, and flowing generally SE through NW Montana, to Coram, where it…