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Montmorency, town, Canada
(Encyclopedia) MontmorencyMontmorencymŏntˌmərĕnˈsē [key], town, S Que., Canada, at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and Montmorency rivers; now part of the municipality of Beauport. It is a suburb…Walker, Horatio
(Encyclopedia) Walker, Horatio, 1858–1938, Canadian painter, b. Ontario, largely self-taught. Though he lived in Rochester and New York City, he painted chiefly scenes from the simple life of the…Northeast Boundary Dispute
(Encyclopedia) Northeast Boundary Dispute, controversy between the United States and Great Britain concerning the Maine–New Brunswick boundary. The treaty of 1783 ending the American Revolution had…Gaspé Peninsula
(Encyclopedia) Gaspé Peninsula or GaspésieGaspé Peninsulagäspāzēˈ [key], tongue of land, E Que., Canada, between the estuary of the St. Lawrence River on the north and Chaleur Bay on the south, and…Saint Maurice
(Encyclopedia) Saint MauriceSaint Mauricesānt môrˈĭs, Fr. săN môrēsˈ [key], river, c.325 mi (520 km) long, rising in the Laurentian Mts., S Que., Canada, and flowing SE and S to the St. Lawrence…Sorel
(Encyclopedia) SorelSorelsôrĕlˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 18,786), S Que., Canada, at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and Richelieu rivers. It is a grain-shipping center with an important…Baie Comeau
(Encyclopedia) Baie Comeau Baie Comeau bā kōˈmō [key], town, E Que., Canada, on the St. Lawrence River near the mouth…Cousins, Samuel
(Encyclopedia) Cousins, SamuelCousins, Samuelkŭzˈənz [key], 1801–87, English mezzotint engraver. He is famous for his interpretations in mezzotint of the work of Sir Thomas Lawrence, but his plates,…George Ernest FOULKES, Congress, MI (1878-1960)
FOULKES George Ernest , A Representative from Michigan; born in Chicago, Ill., December 25, 1878; attended the public schools of Chicago; was graduated from the law department of Lake Forest…Ernest William McFARLAND, Congress, AZ (1894-1984)
Senate Years of Service: 1941-1953 Party: Democrat McFARLAND Ernest William , a Senator from Arizona; born on a farm near Earlsboro, Pottawatomie County, Okla., October 9, 1894; attended the rural…Trending
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