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Shediac

(Encyclopedia)Shediac shĕdˈēăk [key], town (1991 pop. 4,343), SE N.B., Canada, on Northumberland Strait. It is a resort and has a seaplane base and lobster, oyster, and smelt fisheries. ...

Reindeer Lake

(Encyclopedia)Reindeer Lake, one of the largest lakes in Canada, 2,467 sq mi (6,390 sq km), NE Sask. and NW Man. The Reindeer River drains it S to the Churchill River. The lake has many islands and is noted for its...

Dorval

(Encyclopedia)Dorval dôrvälˈ [key], city, S Que., Canada, on the south shore of Montreal island and on t...

Chippawa

(Encyclopedia)Chippawa chĭpˈəwô [key], village, S Ont., Canada, just above Niagara Falls. It was first settled in 1794 and was the scene of an American victory (1814) in the War of 1812. ...

Mount Allison University

(Encyclopedia)Mount Allison University, at Sackville, N.B., Canada; nonsectarian; founded 1839; opened 1843 as Mount Allison Wesleyan Academy; Mount Allison College organized 1862. It achieved university status in ...

New Toronto

(Encyclopedia)New Toronto tərŏnˈtō [key], part of metropolitan Toronto, S Ont., Canada, on Lake Ontario. ...

Nature Conservancy

(Encyclopedia)Nature Conservancy, nonprofit organization established in 1951 to preserve or aid in the preservation of natural environments. It protects wilderness areas in the United States and Canada and is affil...

Pelly

(Encyclopedia)Pelly, river, c.330 mi (530 km) long, rising W of the Mackenzie Mts., S central Yukon, Canada, and flowing generally northwest to join the Yukon River at Fort Selkirk. The Pelly receives the Ross and ...

Mattagami

(Encyclopedia)Mattagami mətăgˈəmē [key], river, 275 mi (443 km) long, rising in the lake district, E Ont., Canada, SW of Timmins, flowing N to join the Missinaibi River, with which it forms the Moose River. ...

Manitoba, University of

(Encyclopedia)Manitoba, University of, at Winnipeg, Man., Canada; provincially supported, coeducational; chartered 1877. It has faculties of arts and sciences, graduate studies, law, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, ...