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... reach to beyond St. Petersburg . The outline of the coast , which is everywhere much broken and indented , will best be understood by tracing it upon a map . It will be observed that from the eastern point of Newfoundland , the general ...
... reach to beyond St. Petersburg . The outline of the coast , which is everywhere much broken and indented , will best be understood by tracing it upon a map . It will be observed that from the eastern point of Newfoundland , the general ...
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... reach by sea from the west . d . Drainage System . - In order to complete a general survey of the surface features of Canada it will now be necessary to note the principal elements of the drainage system I 11 BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.
... reach by sea from the west . d . Drainage System . - In order to complete a general survey of the surface features of Canada it will now be necessary to note the principal elements of the drainage system I 11 BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.
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... reach the plains these tra- verse a great extent of land , the quantity of moisture which they are able to bring with them is small , and would doubt- less alone be insufficient for the growth of crops . The position of the great mid ...
... reach the plains these tra- verse a great extent of land , the quantity of moisture which they are able to bring with them is small , and would doubt- less alone be insufficient for the growth of crops . The position of the great mid ...
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... reach the eastern pro- vinces of Canada . Such storms are often most destructive to shipping on the coasts of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland . The effect of the continental climate of Canada on navigation is important . The cold of winter ...
... reach the eastern pro- vinces of Canada . Such storms are often most destructive to shipping on the coasts of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland . The effect of the continental climate of Canada on navigation is important . The cold of winter ...
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... reach Canada at that time in their primitive vessels by making use of Iceland and Greenland as stepping - stones across the narrowest part of the Atlantic , but they formed no permanent settlements . In 1497 , five years after the ...
... reach Canada at that time in their primitive vessels by making use of Iceland and Greenland as stepping - stones across the narrowest part of the Atlantic , but they formed no permanent settlements . In 1497 , five years after the ...
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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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