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Texcoco, Lake
(Encyclopedia)Texcoco, Lake: see Mexico, city; Tenochtitlán. ...Texoma, Lake
(Encyclopedia)Texoma, Lake: see Denison Dam.Elliot Lake
(Encyclopedia)Elliot Lake, city, S central Ont., Canada, W of Sudbury. The focus of a 1950s uranium-mining boom, it is now a retirement home center. Uranium mining en...Crystal Lake
(Encyclopedia)Crystal Lake, city (2020 pop. 40,269), McHenry co., NE Ill., in a farming area; inc. 1874. Electrical components, tools, plastics, and machinery are man...Canandaigua Lake
(Encyclopedia)Canandaigua Lake: see Finger Lakes. ...Candlewood Lake
(Encyclopedia)Candlewood Lake, 8.4 sq mi (21.8 sq km), W Conn. It is formed behind a power dam S of the Rocky River's junction with the Housatonic River. Along its 65-mi (105-km) shoreline are tourist resorts and r...Buttle Lake
(Encyclopedia)Buttle Lake, 11 sq mi (28 sq km), central Vancouver Island, SW British Columbia, Canada. It is the site of major zinc and copper deposits. ...Temiscaming, Lake
(Encyclopedia)Temiscaming, Lake, Fr. Témiscamingue, an expansion of the Ottawa River, 121 sq mi (313 sq km), SW Que., Canada, extending 62 mi (100 km) SE from New Liskeard to Temiscaming. The surrounding area is r...Tiberias, Lake
(Encyclopedia)Tiberias, Lake: see Galilee, Sea of. ...Watson Lake
(Encyclopedia)Watson Lake, village (1991 pop. 912), SE Yukon, Canada, near the Liard River and the British Columbia border. It is a Royal Canadian Mounted Police Post, with an airfield and a radio station, located ...Browse by Subject
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