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... known and was peopled by civilised man on the Atlantic side , and the larger interests and trade of the continent have , since the earliest times , tended to unite it more and more closely with the older seats of commerce and population ...
... known and was peopled by civilised man on the Atlantic side , and the larger interests and trade of the continent have , since the earliest times , tended to unite it more and more closely with the older seats of commerce and population ...
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... known as a great circle , instead of any other . In the particular case here under consideration , the distance from Liverpool to Yokahama in Japan by the Canadian route , via Quebec and Vancouver is 925 miles shorter than that via New ...
... known as a great circle , instead of any other . In the particular case here under consideration , the distance from Liverpool to Yokahama in Japan by the Canadian route , via Quebec and Vancouver is 925 miles shorter than that via New ...
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... the circumstance that at the time the line was agreed upon , the eastern portion of the continent was already pretty well known and partly settled , while the western was almost unknown . The whole length I 7 BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.
... the circumstance that at the time the line was agreed upon , the eastern portion of the continent was already pretty well known and partly settled , while the western was almost unknown . The whole length I 7 BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.
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... known in different parts of their length by many different names . The general name for the mountains bordering the eastern coast is , however , the Appalachian system , while those which form a belt along the west coast are often ...
... known in different parts of their length by many different names . The general name for the mountains bordering the eastern coast is , however , the Appalachian system , while those which form a belt along the west coast are often ...
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... known beginning of the North American land - mass . This plateau presents some peculiar physical character- istics , which are referred to elsewhere ( see p . 94 ) . Here it is necessary only to note its extent and form with its ...
... known beginning of the North American land - mass . This plateau presents some peculiar physical character- istics , which are referred to elsewhere ( see p . 94 ) . Here it is necessary only to note its extent and form with its ...
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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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