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... a grassy swamp , and probably re- ferring to the marshes at the mouth of the river . 2 French , Rivière au Liard , " Cottonwood river . " Great Bear and Peel . All these are themselves large I 13 BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.
... a grassy swamp , and probably re- ferring to the marshes at the mouth of the river . 2 French , Rivière au Liard , " Cottonwood river . " Great Bear and Peel . All these are themselves large I 13 BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.
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... French colony , while the attention of the English was chiefly directed to the more southern parts of the east coast of the continent . In the St. Lawrence the French found an artery leading 40 I GEOGRAPHY OF THE BRITISH COLONIES.
... French colony , while the attention of the English was chiefly directed to the more southern parts of the east coast of the continent . In the St. Lawrence the French found an artery leading 40 I GEOGRAPHY OF THE BRITISH COLONIES.
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... French settlements were formed along the St. Lawrence , which grew and pros- pered , and to the growth of these colonies , established before the cession of Canada to Great Britain , is due the preponderance of the French language to ...
... French settlements were formed along the St. Lawrence , which grew and pros- pered , and to the growth of these colonies , established before the cession of Canada to Great Britain , is due the preponderance of the French language to ...
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... French colonists and those of New England ; next , an important line of water - communication between the St. Lawrence and Hudson ; and eventually the principal railway route from north to south . The occupation by the hostile Iroquois ...
... French colonists and those of New England ; next , an important line of water - communication between the St. Lawrence and Hudson ; and eventually the principal railway route from north to south . The occupation by the hostile Iroquois ...
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... French this covered way , which was afterwards used by them for many years , and which still later proved to be the most favourable line for the construction of this part of the Canadian trans - continental railway . The character of ...
... French this covered way , which was afterwards used by them for many years , and which still later proved to be the most favourable line for the construction of this part of the Canadian trans - continental railway . The character of ...
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Acadian agricultural Arctic Assiniboia Atlantic Australia Bay of Fundy border British Columbia British North America Brunswick Canada Canadian Pacific Railway Cape centre chief chiefly climate coast coast-line College colony continent Cordillera cultivation district east eastern ELEMENTARY elevation English estuary exported extends Fcap feet fisheries flow forest French Gulf of St harbour height hills Hudson Bay important Indian industries inhabitants interior island known Lake Huron land largest latitude Laurentian plateau Lawrence Manitoba manufactures miles in length Montreal native navigable nearly Newfoundland north-west northern Nova Scotia Ocean Ontario Ottawa Pacific peninsula places plain population Port prairie principal produce Prof Professor province Quebec railway range region rise river rocks Rocky Mountains Saskatchewan settlements shores side slopes southern square miles Strait streams surface timber town trees tributaries valleys Vancouver Island vessels western whole width Winnipeg
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