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(Encyclopedia) Drummondville, city, S Que., Canada, on the St. Francis River, NE of Montreal. Its manufactures include textiles, paper and wood products, and rubber go...

(Encyclopedia) Eastview: see Vanier, town, Canada. ...

(Encyclopedia) Kipawa: see Temiscaming, Que., Canada. ...

(Encyclopedia) Kaniapiskau: see Caniapiscau, Que., Canada. ...

(Encyclopedia) Timiskaming, Que., Canada: see Temiscaming. ...

(Encyclopedia) Bersimis: see Betsiamites, river, Canada. ...

(Encyclopedia) Galt: see Cambridge, Ont., Canada. ...

(Encyclopedia) Lévesque, René lāvĕkˈ [key], 1922–87, Canadian political leader and Quebec separatist. After a career in journalism and television, he served in the Quebec National Assembly (1961–67) as a me...

(Encyclopedia) Lévis, François Gaston, duc de fräNswäˈ gästôNˈ dük də lāvēsˈ [key], 1720–87, French soldier. Entering the army in 1735, he distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession. ...

(Encyclopedia) Logan, Sir William Edmond, 1798–1875, Canadian geologist. Educated in England, he managed (1831–38) coal mines and a copper smelter in Wales. In addition to making studies of clays underlying coal...