The Countries of the World: Indians of North America ; Arctic regions ; Canada ; Pacific CoastCassell, 1876 |
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... lakes may be mentioned Lake Nepigon , which discharges into Lake Superior by the Nepigon River , and is the most northerly reservoir of the St. Lawrence Basin . The general aspect of the country east of Lake Nepigon , as seen from Lakes ...
... lakes may be mentioned Lake Nepigon , which discharges into Lake Superior by the Nepigon River , and is the most northerly reservoir of the St. Lawrence Basin . The general aspect of the country east of Lake Nepigon , as seen from Lakes ...
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... Lake Superior , " to a point where the forty - ninth parallel crosses the main Rocky Mountain range , " would tolerably closely approximate the dividing line between the southern and northern drainage basins . This great plain of ...
... Lake Superior , " to a point where the forty - ninth parallel crosses the main Rocky Mountain range , " would tolerably closely approximate the dividing line between the southern and northern drainage basins . This great plain of ...
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... Lake Tahoe , which is 1,500 feet deep , and its overflow - the Truckee River - falls into Pyramid Lake , where it sinks or disappears by evaporation . Clear Lake is another sheet of the same nature , while Owen Lake is the " sink " of ...
... Lake Tahoe , which is 1,500 feet deep , and its overflow - the Truckee River - falls into Pyramid Lake , where it sinks or disappears by evaporation . Clear Lake is another sheet of the same nature , while Owen Lake is the " sink " of ...
Contents
THE ARCTIC REGIONS IN GENERAL | 17 |
SEA ICE GLACIERS AND ICEBERGS | 48 |
LIFE IN POLAR LANDS | 71 |
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