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Trail

(Encyclopedia) Trail, city (1991 pop. 7,919), SE British Columbia, Canada, on the Columbia River just N of the Wash. border. It is a metal-smelting center for a mining area that produces lead, zinc,…

Banff National Park

(Encyclopedia) Banff National Park, 2,564 sq mi (6,641 sq km), W Alta., Canada, in the Rocky Mts.; est. 1885. Noted for its mountain scenery and mineral springs, Canada's oldest national park is a…

South Charleston

(Encyclopedia) South Charleston, city (1990 pop. 13,645), Kanawha co., W W.Va., on the Kanawha River, in a highly industrialized area; settled 1782, inc. 1917. Machinery, electrical products,…

Perrine

(Encyclopedia) PerrinePerrinepərīnˈ [key], uninc. town (1990 pop. 15,576), Dade co., SE Fla., a growing residential suburb of Miami, in a fruit- and vegetable-packing area.

Hurst

(Encyclopedia) Hurst, city (2020 pop. 40,413), Tarrant co., N Tex., a suburb of Fort Worth; inc. 1952. Helicopters, aviation parts, draperies, and…

Highgate

(Encyclopedia) Highgate, residential area within Camden, Islington, and Haringey boroughs, London, England. The house where Francis Bacon died is in Highgate, and Herbert Spencer, George Eliot, and…

Jasper, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Jasper, city (1990 pop. 13,553), seat of Walker co., NW central Ala.; inc. 1889. Jasper is a trade and processing center in a coal and timber area. There is agriculture and the…

Nelson, city, New Zealand

(Encyclopedia) Nelson, city (1996 pop. 40,242), N South Island, New Zealand, at the head of Tasman Bay. It is a center of fruit production, with other light industries. The Cawthron Institute for…

Painesville

(Encyclopedia) Painesville, city (1990 pop. 15,699), seat of Lake co., NE Ohio, on the Grand River, in a farm area; laid out c.1805, inc. as a city 1902. It has railroad shops and plants that…

Moorestown

(Encyclopedia) Moorestown, township (1990 pop. 16,500), Burlington co., SW N.J., an industrial suburb of the Camden, N.J.–Philadelphia area; settled 1682 by Quakers, inc. 1922. Electronic equipment,…