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(Encyclopedia) Beauséjour, Fort: see Fort Beauséjour, N.B., Canada. ...

(Encyclopedia) Graham Island, 2,485 sq mi (6,436 sq km), off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, northernmost and largest of the Queen Charlotte Islands. ...

(Encyclopedia) Fourth of July, Independence Day, or July Fourth, U.S. holiday, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. The Second Continental Congress approved the Declaration on July 4, 1776...

(Encyclopedia) Wuchang wo͞o-chäng [key], former city, since 1950 part of Wuhan, E Hubei prov., China, on the right bank of the Chang River at the mouth of the Han. It is an administrative and cultural center, with...

(Encyclopedia) Garay, Juan de hwän dā gärīˈ [key], c.1528–1583, Spanish conquistador, refounder of Buenos Aires. He went to Peru (1544) in the train of the first viceroy, Blasco Núñez Vela, and was active a...

(Encyclopedia) McLean Canyon, Labrador, N.L., Canada: see Churchill Falls. ...

(Encyclopedia) Petit Nord Peninsula: see Great Northern Peninsula, Canada. ...

(Encyclopedia) W. A. C. Bennett Dam: see Peace, river, Canada. ...

(Encyclopedia) Wallaceburg, town (1991 pop. 11,846), SE Ont., Canada, on the Sydenham River near Lake St. Clair. It is a port of entry with some light industry. ...

(Encyclopedia) George, Fort: see Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. ...