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 Info and facts on 'Dixon Entrance'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Dixon Entrance is part of the Inside Passage (additional info and facts about Inside Passage).
The Dixon Entrance is named after Capt. George Dixon (additional info and facts about George Dixon) who surveyed the area in 1787.
List of areas disputed by the United States and Canada (additional info and facts about List of areas disputed by the United States and Canada)
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/di/dixon_entrance.htm   (63 words)

  
 Queen Charlotte Islands on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Islands attract many scientists and tourists because they escaped glaciation, making them a biologically unique area in Canada.
The archipelago was visited in 1774 by Juan Pérez and in 1778 by Capt. James Cook; in 1787 it was surveyed by Capt. George Dixon.
Hecate Strait separates it from the mainland; Dixon Entrance lies between it and Alaska to the north; and Queen Charlotte Sound separates it from Vancouver Island to the south.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/Q/QueenC1ha.asp   (507 words)

  
 The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Disputes - international
Tutsi, Hutu, and other conflicting ethnic groups, political rebels, and various government forces continue fighting in Great Lakes region, transcending the boundaries of Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda
maritime boundary disputes with the US (Dixon Entrance, Beaufort Sea, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Machias Seal Island)
Lake Chad Commission urges signatories Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria to ratify delimitation treaty over lake region, the site of continuing armed clashes; Nigeria requests and Chad rejects redemarcation of boundary, which lacks clear demarcation in sections and has caused several cross-border incidents; Chadian rebels from Aozou reside in Libya
www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2070.html   (2929 words)

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