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Quinte, Bay of

(Encyclopedia)Quinte, Bay of kwĭnˈtē [key], arm of Lake Ontario, S Ont., Canada, between the mainland and the peninsula of Prince Edward co. With its approach, Adolphus Reach, it is 60 mi (97 km) long. The Trent...

Willowick

(Encyclopedia)Willowick, city (1990 pop. 15,269), Lake co., NE Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland on Lake Erie; inc. 1924. It is chiefly residential.

Gokcha

(Encyclopedia)Gokcha, lake: see Sevan, lake, Armenia. ...

Enare

(Encyclopedia)Enare, lake: see Inari, lake, Finland. ...

Nubia, Lake

(Encyclopedia)Nubia, Lake, Sudan: see Nasser, Lake. ...

Brulé, Étienne

(Encyclopedia)Brulé, Étienne ātyĕnˈ brülāˈ [key], c.1592–1632, French explorer in North America. He arrived (1608) in the New World with Samuel de Champlain, who sent him (1610) into the wilderness to lea...
 

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