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	King William Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		King William Island is a Canadian Arctic island, in the Nunavut Territory.
		The island, long occupied by Inuit people, was named for the reigning British King William IV in 1830 by John Ross.
		The island is known for its large populations of caribou who summer there, before walking south over the sea ice in the autumn.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/King_William_Island (339 words)

	King William County History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		King William III, also known as William of Orange, was born on November 14, 1650 in The Hague, Netherlands.
		William and Mary were invited to England by seven leaders of the English political parties, the Tory and Whig, who were concerned about James' absolutist royal leanings, his inability to cooperate with Parliament and Catholic succession to the throne following the birth of a son to James in 1688.
		The new monarchs were crowned King William III and Queen Mary II of England, Scotland and Ireland during a coronation in Westminster Abbey on April 11, 1689.
	www.co.king-william.va.us /history_tourism.htm (4653 words)

	King William Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		King William Island is a Canadian Arctic island.
		The island, long occupied by Inuit people, was named for the reigning British King William IV in 1830 by John Ross, and is also known as where John Franklin's expedition were stranded.
		King William Island is known for the caribou who summer there and is home to the small settlement of Gjoa Haven (Uqsuquqtuuq).
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/k/ki/king_william_island.html (112 words)

	William King (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		WILLIAM KING was born in London in 1663, the son of Ezekiel King, a gentleman.
		King soon found a friend as idle and thoughtless as himself in Upton, one of the judges, who had a pleasant house called Mountown, near Dublin, to which King frequently retired; delighting to neglect his interest, forget his cares, and desert his duty.
		King was resolved to counteract his sullenness, and at the expence of a few barrels of ale filled the neighbourhood with honest merriment.
	www2.hn.psu.edu /Faculty/KKemmerer/poets/king/default.html (1060 words)

	King George Island (South Shetland Islands) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The island was discovered by the British explorer William Smith in 1819.
		The coastal areas of the island are home to a comparatively diverse selection of vegetation and animal life, including Elephant, Weddell and Leopard seals, and Chinstrap and Gentoo penguins.
		Human habitation of King George Island is limited to research stations belonging to Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, South Korea, Poland, Russia, and Uruguay.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/King_George_Island (257 words)

	King William Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		King William Island was once described as "a limestone country, low and uninteresting, but abounding in reindeer, musk-cattle, and old native encampments".
		The island is indeed flat, with the exception of Mount Matheson, a modest hill in the southeast.
		King William Island is best known as the final resting place for the majority of the Franklin Expedition.
	www.arctic.uoguelph.ca /cpe/environments/maps/detailed/islands/king_william.htm (196 words)

	King William Island on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The northern coast of the island was explored (1831) by Sir James C. Ross.
		The ships of the expedition of Sir John Franklin were wrecked off the west coast, and the island was further explored by searchers for Franklin, notably John Rae and Sir Francis L. McClintock.
		Working on fantasy island: a visit to Hilton Head.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/K/KingW1ilI1.asp (412 words)

	Encyclopedia: King William Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Image File history File links Nunavut Territory, highlighting King William Island Created and uploaded by Keith Edkins File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version.
		Inuit woman Inuit (Inuktitut syllabics: áƒá“„áƒá‘¦, singular Inuk or Inuq / áƒá“„á’ƒ) is a general term for a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic coasts of Alaska, the eastern islands of the Canadian Arctic, Labrador, and the ice-free coasts of Greenland.
		William IV (William Henry)(21 August 1765â€“20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom and of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/King-William-Island (890 words)

	Welcome to Adobe GoLive 5
		Ellesmere Island: Well-known stations on Ellesnere Island are Craig Harbour on the south coast, Alexandra Fjord on the east coast, Alert on the Lincoln Sea coast, and Eureka on Fosheim Peninsula, west Ellesmere Island.
		Cornwallis Island: At Resolute Bay on the south coast of the island a weather station named Resolute, and an airstrip, were established in 1947.
		King WIlliam Island: On the southeast coast of king WIlliam Island, there is a settlement named Gjoa Haven in memory of Roald Amundsen, the famous Norwegian polar explorer who navigated the Northwest PAssage with his little ship"Gjoa" in 1905-1906.
	www.sfu.ca /geog351fall02/gp2/people/stationtext.html (327 words)

	CanadaInfo: Government: Federal: Prime Minister: Former Prime Ministers: King
		King's record of prime minister is sometimes difficult to assess.
		King reduced them, but not enough to satisfy the prairie farmers, who gave their support to the Progressives, a new political party formed to represent their interests.
		It was this wisdom and his ability to compromise that allowed King to successfully negotiate the issue of conscription in 1944 and avoid the divisiveness of 1917.
	www.craigmarlatt.com /canada/government/king.html (854 words)

	Chatham Island
		Paua (fl abalone): This shellfish is harvested in the inshore waters of the Chatham Island and exported fresh and frozen to many countries.
		William Broughton landed and took possession of the island in the name of King George III of England.
		The history of Chatham Island is very interesting, as is the island itself.
	www.musc.edu /cando/kidsat/chatham (1163 words)

	HISTORY OF HOMOEOPATHY AND ITS INSTITUTIONS IN AMERICA By William Harvey King, M. D., LL. D. Presented by Sylvain ...
		He is a member of the Rhode Island State Homœopathic Society, the Massachusetts Surgical and Gynecological Society of Boston, the Massachusetts State Homœopathic Society, the American Institute of Homœopathy, and several other societies.
		He is a member of the Kings County Homœopathic Medical Society, the New York State Homœopathic Medical Society, of the American Institute of Homœopathy and of the alumni association of his alma mater.
		He is a member of the New York State and Kings County Homœopathic Medical societies, the Hahnemann Club of Brooklyn, the American Institute of Homœopathy, International Hahnemannian Union, the Academy of Pathological Science, Sons of the Revolution, and Society of Colonial Wars.
	homeoint.org /history/king/4-02.htm (13128 words)

	Mysteries
		We know that Franklin died on June 11, 1847 near or on King William Island, about half way through the Northwest Passage, while his two ships were icelocked about 25 kilometres (15 miles) northwest of the island.
		They were last known to be icelocked 25 kilometres off Victory Point on King William Island, and Inuit reported seeing one sink, although they did not pinpoint where it sank.
		The bones of the men in Franklin's expedition were found scattered along the 200-kilometre west coast of King William Island and there were others on the south coast and still more just off the island on the northern coast of the North American continent, particularly at a place called Starvation Cove.
	www.geocities.com /davemulling/mysteries.htm (1454 words)

	The Right Honourable William Lyon Mackenzie King
		King's skills as a conciliator (resulting from Minister of Labour appointment) allowed him to rebuild and re-unite the Liberal Party.
		King's close friendships with U.S. President F. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was a cornerstone of the Allied movement.
		King was also able to recognize the varied talents of his party member and filled his Cabinet with the most capable men available.
	www3.sympatico.ca /goweezer/canada/king.htm (467 words)

	King William Street (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		King William Street was the northbound terminus of the City and South London railway -
		The station had one large tunnel with an island platform between two tracks (it was rebuilt as such in 1895 to allow two trains into it - before that it only had one track with platforms on either side of it).
		Interior of the one of the carriages used at the time King William St was open.
	www.pendar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /Tube/KingWilliamStreet.html (642 words)

	KING ISLAND SHIPWRECKS
		There seems little doubt that King Island was well known to the whaling fleets for many years prior to its first recorded sighting in 1797 and not unlikely that several vessels were lost on its rocky coastline.
		The Pharos had not visited King Island as it was considered to be too far off the vessel’s course, but public opinion was not satisfied and the Pharos was sent of to investigate again, and there found the missing schooner’s crew safe and well at New Years Island.
		On 18 March 1802, while at anchor between New Year Island and the King Island mainland, crew of the brig Harrington, Captain William Campbell, discovered a quantity of wreckage from what appeared to be a large vessel, at the southern end of the island.
	oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au /king-wrecks.html (8754 words)

	King William Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The mad king of the castle The tragic and fantastic life of King Ludwig IIof Bavaria hasnow been made into a sumptuous new musical.
		Self-proclaimed king of Beaver Island's reign was short, but violent.
		Burger Kings in Tampa, Fla., area may be bought by Rhode Island firm.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0827728.html (412 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - King Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		A section of the Great Dividing Range is in Tasmania, which is located about 240 km (about 150 mi) from the southeastern tip of the continent and is...
		Tasmania, state of southeastern Australia, consisting of the island of Tasmania, lying 240 km (150 mi) south of mainland Australia; many small,...
		Queen Charlotte Islands, archipelago in western British Columbia, Canada, in the Pacific Ocean, separated from the mainland by Hecate Strait.
	encarta.msn.com /King_Island.html (232 words)

	OrangeNet - "the hub of Orangeism on the Net" - The Orange Order
		Dublin was therefore, as the administrative Capital of the Island, the natural headquarters for the Orange Institution and remained such until the Headquarters Buildings, the Fowler Memorial Hall in Rutland Square, was severely damaged in the Civil War.
		The decline continued and the last remaining Lodge serving all Orange brethren in Dublin is King William III Prince of Orange LOL 1313 (founded in 1949) in the District of Dublin and Wicklow.
		King William LOL 1313 is always looking for new members.
	www.orangenet.org /dublin.htm (1463 words)

	Franklin Search
		In 1869 American explorer Charles Francis HALL briefly searched the southeast region of King William Island, and in 1879 another American, Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka, made the first summer search of the island and the adjacent mainland.
		In 1931 William Gibson of the HBC searched the south coast of King William Island, discovering a number of skeletons and artifacts.
		Analysis of the remains identified the presence of SCURVY and the probable occurrence of cannibalism, a controversial and unresolved issue of the Franklin expedition first raised by Rae in 1854.
	tceplus.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&ArticleId=A0003031 (716 words)

	Kitikmeot -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		It is separated from Victoria Island (west) by M'Clintock Channel and from Somerset Island (east) by Peel Sound.
		Prince of Wales Island is about 190 miles (310 km) long, 40–130 miles (65–210 km) wide, and has an area of 12,872 square miles (33,339 square km).
		The discovery of this body of water, reached from the east by Sir William Edward Parry (1819–20) and from the west (1850–54) by Sir Robert McClure, proved the existence of the Northwest Passage and provided passage...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9045684?tocId=9045684 (442 words)

	VC2: Chemistry Mysteries: Buried in Ice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Following up reports that the Inuit had seen white men "who fell down and died as they walked" on King William Island, M'Clintock found a bleached skeleton dressed in the remnants of a steward's uniform on the southern coast of the island.
		Their goal was to walk the 150 km to the south coast of the island and then row up the Back River, which is in mainland Canada, to the nearest fur trade fort.
		Moreover, the three crewmen buried on Beechey Island had all been afflicted with tuberculosis, and their immediate cause of death was probably pneumonia.
	www.acs.org /portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=vc2\2my\my2_ice.html (1392 words)

	Island Officials - King William's College Isle of Man 1833-1933
		He was Vicar-General and Chancellor of the Diocese of Sodor and Man from 1906 until his retirement in 1931- A member of the Legislative Council, 1906-19, he has taken a large share in the legal and administrative life of the Island.
		He has been closely concerned with Island education and is an authority on the Manx language and antiquities.
		William Lay is the fifth High Bailiff educated at the College.
	www.isle-of-man.com /manxnotebook/fulltext/kwc1933/p027.htm (768 words)

	Dining (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Island Paradise Cafe dinner favorites include steak Diane, grilled pork chops, steak au poivre and southern fried chicken.
		Among the popular seafood selections are rainbow trout, broiled halibut and fresh king salmon.
		Island Paradise Cafe is perhaps most famous for serving the best dining values in Las Vegas: a steak and lobster dinner for $12.99, a prime rib dinner for $9.99 and an oven-roasted chicken dinner for $7.99.
	www.stardustlv.com /site/dining/index.cfm?Page=IslandParadise (165 words)

	AllRefer.com - King William Island (Arctic Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - King William Island (Arctic Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
		King William Island, part of the Arctic Archipelago, in the Arctic Ocean, Nunavut Territory, Canada, between Boothia Peninsula and Victoria Island.
		Roald Amundsen wintered there in 1903–4 while on his way through the Northwest Passage.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/K/KingWilI.html (226 words)

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		They are most often found on High Arctic islands, though they do inhabit northwest Victoria Island and the northern reaches of Prince of Whales and Somerset Islands as well as the Boothia Peninsula.
		The majority are found on Victoria Island where the population is estimated at 45,000.
		King William Island, Victoria Island, Coronation and Queen Maud Gulfs and the Boothia Peninsula are open to muskox hunting.
	www.suite101.com /print_article.cfm/5086/98653 (776 words)

	AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS: KING WILLIAM IV - FREE FRANK SIGNED 06/27/1828
		WILLIAM was the third son of King George III.
		William became heir to the throne and Lord High Admiral in 1827 when his older brother Prince Frederick, Duke of York, died.
		William was the last British sovereign to attempt to force a ministry (Sir Robert Peel, 1834) upon an unwilling majority in Parliament.
	www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/7_2005/world-leaders-royalty/47607-KING-WILLIAM-IV.htm (350 words)

	Arctic: [Sir John Franklin's last Arctic expedition: a chapter in the history of the royal navy] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		He did not then realize that King William Land was in fact an island and that he had just crossed the waters through which Roald Amundsen in 1903 would guide the Gjoa, the first ship to sail through the Northwest Passage.
		Somewhat repetitive in its presentation, this section examines in some detail the questions of quantity of supplies, the possible contamination of the tinned food, the extent of use and usefulness of lemon juice for the prevention of scurvy, and the surprising lack of messages, which usually would have been deposited along the way.
		By the spring of 1849, it reached the vicinity of O'Reilly Island, where it was discovered by a group of Inuit hunters.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3712/is_199712/ai_n8775340 (2223 words)

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