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Fort Union

(Encyclopedia) Fort Union, trading post of the American Fur Company, erected in 1828 near the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers, on the Mont.-N.Dak. line; it controlled converging…

Île-aux-Noix

(Encyclopedia) Île-aux-NoixÎle-aux-Noixēl-ō-nwä [key], island, 210 acres (85 hectares), in the Richelieu River near St. Jean, S Que., Canada; location of Fort Lennox National Historic Site (est. 1921…

Wood Buffalo

(Encyclopedia) Wood Buffalo, regional municipality (2011 pop. 65,565), 24,571 sq mi (63,637 sq km), NE Alta., Canada, inc. 1995. Formed by Fort McMurray's amalgamation with Improvement District No.…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Cyclops

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Homer's Hymn to VenusEpigramsThe Cyclops A Satyric Drama Translated from the Greek of Euripides Published by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824; dated 1819.…