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... separated places on the globe , the line known as a great circle , instead of any other . In the particular case ... separating it from the United States , follows a rather 4 GEOGRAPHY OF THE BRITISH COLONIES.
... separated places on the globe , the line known as a great circle , instead of any other . In the particular case ... separating it from the United States , follows a rather 4 GEOGRAPHY OF THE BRITISH COLONIES.
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George Mercer Dawson, Alexander Sutherland. separating it from the United States , follows a rather sinuous line between the 42d and 49th degrees of latitude , while it extends indefinitely northward , including the scarcely - known ...
George Mercer Dawson, Alexander Sutherland. separating it from the United States , follows a rather sinuous line between the 42d and 49th degrees of latitude , while it extends indefinitely northward , including the scarcely - known ...
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... separated from the United States , it will be observed that the eastern part of this line , from the Lake of the Woods , nearly in the centre of the continent , to the Atlantic , is very irregular ; while the western part is perfectly ...
... separated from the United States , it will be observed that the eastern part of this line , from the Lake of the Woods , nearly in the centre of the continent , to the Atlantic , is very irregular ; while the western part is perfectly ...
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... separating the western mountain region from the earlier settlements of the eastern part of the continent is so great that , like the inland plain , it long remained practically unknown except to the fur trader . But the discovery of ...
... separating the western mountain region from the earlier settlements of the eastern part of the continent is so great that , like the inland plain , it long remained practically unknown except to the fur trader . But the discovery of ...
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... separated prairie tracts continue to occur , but the greater part of the surface be- comes wooded . The treeless ... separation between these two forest regions is complete , they join and intermingle to the north of the great prairie ...
... separated prairie tracts continue to occur , but the greater part of the surface be- comes wooded . The treeless ... separation between these two forest regions is complete , they join and intermingle to the north of the great prairie ...
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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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