Search

Search results

Displaying 441 - 450

Whistler, town, Canada

(Encyclopedia) Whistler, town (1990 est. pop. 4,459), SW B.C., W Canada, 60 mi (97 km) N of Vancouver, near Alta and Green lakes in Whistler Valley in the Coast Mts. A popular summer resort area…

Utah

  Utah State Information Capital: Salt Lake City Official Name: Utah Organized as a territory/republic: September 9, 1850 Entered Union (rank): January 4, 1896 (45th state)  Present…

Mount Revelstoke National Park

(Encyclopedia) Mount Revelstoke National ParkMount Revelstoke National Parkrĕvˈəlstōkˌ [key], 100 sq mi (259 sq km) SE British Columbia, Canada, in the Selkirk Mts., just E of the Columbia River…

Nettilling Lake

(Encyclopedia) Nettilling LakeNettilling Lakenĕchˈĭlĭng [key], freshwater lake, 1,956 sq mi (5,066 sq km), S Baffin Island, Nunavut Territory, Canada; one of the largest lakes entirely within Canada…

Hekla

(Encyclopedia) HeklaHeklahĕkˈlä [key], volcano, 4,892 ft (1,491 m) high, SW Iceland. Since the early 11th cent. more than 20 eruptions have been recorded; the worst occurred in 1766 and the most…

La Porte

(Encyclopedia) La PorteLa Portelə pôrt [key], city (1990 pop. 21,507), seat of La Porte co., NW Ind.; inc. 1835. It is a manufacturing center in fertile farmland on the edge of the Calumet industrial…