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 James Mathews Rivers & Anna Wilkerson
Rivers had been in failing health for the past several months, having been under treatment of doctors, and Sunday night a week ago he was carried to the Temple Sanitarium for treatment.
Rivers is a candidate for gubernational honors in the State of Georgia.
Rivers told an Enterprise reporter that this would be his son's second race for the governor's office, he having made the race two years ago against Governor Hardeman, who had just finished one term, and lost by a small margin of 311 votes over the entire state.
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  Delaware River - LoveToKnow 1911
Its main tributaries in New York are Mongaup and Neversink rivers and Callicoon Creek; from Pennsylvania, Lackawaxen, Lehigh and Schuylkill rivers; and from New Jersey, Rancocas Creek and Musconetcong and Maurice rivers.
The Delaware division of the Pennsylvania canal, running parallel with the river from Easton to Bristol, was opened in 1830.
A canal from Trenton to New Brunswick unites the waters of the Delaware and Raritan rivers; the Morris and the Delaware and Hudson canals connect the Delaware and Hudson rivers; and the Delaware and Chesapeake canal joins the waters of the Delaware with those of the Chesapeake Bay.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Delaware_River   (400 words)

  
  Delaware River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Delaware River is a river on the Atlantic coast of the United States.
The Morris Canal and the Delaware and Hudson Canal connect the Delaware and Hudson rivers.
Its main tributaries in New York are the Mongaup and Neversink rivers and Callicoon Creek; from Pennsylvania, the Lackawaxen, Lehigh, and Schuylkill rivers; and from New Jersey, Rancocas Creek and the Musconetcong and Maurice rivers.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Delaware_River   (1159 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Maurice River
The Maurice River is a river, approximately 50 mi (80 km) long, in southern New Jersey in the United States.
The river is considered especially pristine for the region, forming a critical ecological link between the Pinelands and the Delaware Bay systems.
Maurice River Township, bounded by its namesake to the west and gently lapped by the Delaware Bay to its south, is truly unique.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Maurice-River   (817 words)

  
 Canada - MSN Encarta
Other large Canadian rivers in terms of both length and discharge are the Yukon, flowing from Yukon Territory across Alaska into the Bering Sea; the Nelson-Saskatchewan system, flowing across the Great Plains into Hudson Bay; the Churchill, also flowing into Hudson Bay; and the Fraser and the Columbia in British Columbia.
Other significant regional rivers are the Saint John, emptying into the Bay of Fundy between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick; the Churchill, in Newfoundland and Labrador; and the many rivers flowing into the St. Lawrence from the shield, including the Ottawa, the Saguenay, and the Saint-Maurice.
The rivers draining into Hudson Bay are important primarily as power sources, particularly the Nelson in northern Manitoba and the La Grande in northern Québec.
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 Three Rivers - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: )
THREE RIVERS, or Trois Rivieres, a city and port of entry of Quebec, Canada, and capital of St Maurice (disambiguation)Maurice county, situated at the confluence of the rivers St Maurice and St Lawrence.
It is the centre of a large lumber trade, which is carried on along the St Maurice and its tributaries.
Some miles from the city are the St Maurice forges, where iron wares were manufactured as early as the 17th century.
78.1911encyclopedia.org /T/TH/THREE_RIVERS.htm   (231 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Delaware River
Although not particularly known as a river that is prone to excessive flooding, the Delaware has in fact experienced a number of serious flooding events as the result of snow melt and/or rain run-off from heavy rainstorms.
The Delaware River and Bay Authority or DRBA is a bi-state government agency of the State of New Jersey and the State of Delaware established by interstate compact in 1961.
The Delaware River Port Authority or DRPA is a bi-state government agency of the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Delaware-River   (4182 words)

  
 Maurice River Township
Maurice River Township, bounded by its namesake to the west and gently lapped by the Delaware Bay to its south, is truly unique.
In 1830 Maurice River Township had the largest population of the county's eight municipalities; by 1865 its heyday was over.
In addition, the Maurice River hosts large numbers of bald eagles; in the winter as many as 16 individuals have been counted in one day.
mauriceriver.igc.org /mrt.html   (530 words)

  
 Maurice National Wild & Scenic River (National Park Service)
The Maurice River and its tributaries drain the southwest portion of the Pinelands National Reserve, providing a critical link between the Reserve and the Delaware Estuary.
The rivers and associated wetlands serve as nurseries for ocean-going wildlife, offering food and habitat for resident and migrating species, many of which are considered endangered.
The Maurice River corridor is rich in natural, cultural and historical significance.
www.nps.gov /maur/index.htm   (264 words)

  
 Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com
Rivers plays with remarkable technical precision and a manifest knowledge of his materials.
His sound is hard and extraordinarily well-centered, his articulation sharp, and his command of the tenor saxophone complete.
Rivers' playing sometimes has an unremitting seriousness that can be extremely dema… Read More »
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 Wild and Scenic Rivers
For example, the Missouri River explored by Lewis and Clark, the Tuolumne River loved by John Muir, and the Delaware, Sudbury, Assabet and Concord Rivers which cradled the American Revolution are protected by this visionary law.
Through land management planning processes, many other rivers have been identified as eligible or suitable for designation because they are free flowing and possess one or more "outstandingly remarkable" natural, cultural or recreational values judged to be of more than local or regional significance.
It is possible that some of these rivers could be added to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System at the request of local communities or the governor of a state, or by recommendation of the agencies who manage them.
www.rivers.gov /wsr-maurice.html   (763 words)

  
 Partnership Wild&Scenic Rivers
With this act it became the policy of the United States that certain selected rivers of the Nation, and their immediate environments, that possess outstandingly remarkable scenic, recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, historic, cultural or other similar values, should be preserved in free-flowing condition.
Rivers in this national system are protected for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations.
As a subset of the greater National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, the Partnership Wild and Scenic Rivers Program helps communities preserve and manage their own river-related resources locally by bringing together State, county, and community managers to preserve the outstanding and remarkable values for which the rivers were set aside.
www.nps.gov /pwsr   (306 words)

  
 Trois Rivières - Encyclopedia.com
It is a port and an industrial center.
The city was founded (1634) by Champlain and took its name from the three channels through which the St. Maurice enters the St. Lawrence.
It became a major French trading post and fortified port and was the starting point of many explorers and missionaries.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-TroisRiv.html   (162 words)

  
 DELAWARE RIVER - Online Information article about DELAWARE RIVER
RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c.
Commerce was once important on the upper river, but only before the beginning of railway competition (1857).
Hudson canals connect the Delaware and Hudson rivers; and the Delaware and Chesapeake canal joins the waters of the Delaware with those of the Chesapeake Bay.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /DAH_DEM/DELAWARE_RIVER.html   (861 words)

  
 Water Details :: Take Me Fishing   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Delaware River is a river on the Atlantic coast of the United States.
A canal from Trenton to New Brunswick, called the Delaware & Raritan Canal, unites the waters of the Delaware and Raritan rivers; the Morris and the Delaware and Hudson canals connect the Delaware and Hudson rivers; and the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal joins the waters of the Delaware with those of the Chesapeake Bay.
The River and Harbor Act of 1899 provided for a 30 foot (9 m) channel 600 feet (180 m) wide from Philadelphia to the deep water of the bay.
www.takemefishing.org /detailwater.aspx?id=437543   (408 words)

  
 Thomas M. Rivers Papers, American Philosophical Society
Rivers made the most of his recovery, taking a position as a laboratory assistant at a hospital in Panama to gain clinical experience, and when his condition vanished as mysteriously as it had appeared, he returned to Hopkins, completing his MD in 1915.
Rivers' internship in pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins Hospital was interrupted by military service, an event that induced an unexpected, but important shift in his perspective.
Rivers was recognized for his work with election to the American Philosophical Society (1942) and the National Academy of Sciences (1932), and he served as president of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (1932), the Society of American Immunologists (1934), and the Society of American Bacteriologists (1936).
www.amphilsoc.org /library/mole/r/rivers.htm   (1291 words)

  
 Rivers and Lakes - Land and Resources - Canada - North America: lake athabaska, labrador rivers, smallwood reservoir, ...
Canada’s two greatest rivers are the St. Lawrence, which drains the Great Lakes and empties into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and the Mackenzie, which empties into the Arctic Ocean and drains a large part of northwestern Canada.
Other significant regional rivers are the St. John, emptying into the Bay of Fundy between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick; the Churchill, in Newfoundland and Labrador; and the many rivers flowing into the St. Lawrence from the shield, including the Ottawa, the Saguenay, and the Saint-Maurice.
The rivers draining into Hudson Bay are important primarily as power sources, particularly the Nelson in northern Manitoba and the La Grande in northern Quebec.
www.countriesquest.com /North_America/Canada/Land_and_Resources/Rivers_and_Lakes.htm   (688 words)

  
 Life in UK Rivers Homepage
The River Avon is one of the UK’s most biodiverse, with over 180 species of aquatic plants, 37 species of fish and a wide range of aquatic invertebrates.
In the lower reaches of the Avon, the river is known for its coarse fishery and the floodplain is of international importance for wintering wildfowl and waders.
The river is highly valued throughout for its flora and fauna, and is the subject of a range of conservation, fishery and agricultural initiatives.
www.english-nature.org.uk /lifeinukrivers/strategies/Avon/avon.html   (397 words)

  
 Serbian Unity Congress | Serbs in WWI   (Site not responding. Last check: )
My brother Maurice ran on deck as soon as the gangway was placed, looking very well and handsome in his khaki uniform, and extremely pleased to see us-he had an open, expansive nature and did not conceal his feelings: this accounted, perhaps, for his popularity with foreigners.
Maurice had helped in the setting up of a printing press where disabled men were also working.
Maurice was troubled about those in Algeria, a country of vast estates and selfish landlords who exploited their men.
www.suc.org /culture/history/In_The_Margines_Of_Chaos/ch2.html   (13381 words)

  
 Delaware River   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Its main tributaries in New York are Mongaup and rivers and Callicoon Creek; from Pennsylvania Lackawaxen and Schuylkill rivers ; and from New Jersey Rancocas Creek Musconetcong and Maurice rivers.
A canal Trenton to New Brunswick called the Delaware and Raritan Canal unites the waters of the Delaware Raritan rivers ; the Morris and the Delaware and canals connect the Delaware and Hudson rivers ; and the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal joins the waters of the Delaware those of the Chesapeake Bay.
The River and Harbor Act of 1899 provided for a 30-foot channel 600 wide from Philadelphia to the deep water the bay.
www.freeglossary.com /Delaware_River   (631 words)

  
 NJPIRG   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The rivers that showed a decline were located in the Northwest, Central, and Atlantic coast areas of the state—areas that are experiencing rapid development.
Rivers in these areas are at risk for further water quality declines.
• The Wanaque River, the Ramapo River, tributaries of the Rockaway and Pequannock Rivers, the Wallkill River and the Vernon Valley, and the Musconetcong River in northwest New Jersey.
www.njpirg.org /NJ.asp?id2=9660&id3=NJ&   (1004 words)

  
 QUÉBEC,
Québec's network of rivers and lakes may be grouped into two major drainage systems, one trending E via the St.
The province's rivers are an important source of hydroelectricity.
The seigneuries were subdivided into narrow lots extending back from the river, an important means of transportation in a country of few roads.
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 NJ Pine Barrens & Down Jersey: Exploring the history, culture, & ecology of South Jersey
Maurice River until after the formation of the county.
An old graveyard on the bank of the river, partly waRhed away, indicates that there were several settlers in the neighborhood at a much earlier date.
He built a barn which is still standing, the frame of which was cut and hewed at Antuxet and floated down to the bay and to Maurice River, and thence up to the farm.
www.njpinelandsanddownjersey.com /open/index.php?module=documents&JAS_DocumentManager_op=viewDocument&JAS_Document_id=105   (6270 words)

  
 Wild and Scenic Maurice River
As small creeks the narrow freshwater tributaries, overhung with trees, meander through Vineland and Buena Vista Township; by the time they reach Millville, Maurice River Township, and Commercial Township their size has increased, and they are navigable by motorboat.
The Maurice itself widens to become Union Lake at Millville and from there it winds through south Millville and, flanked by low salt marsh, divides Commercial and Maurice River Townships on its trip to the Delaware Bay.
The Wild and Scenic Maurice River and Its Tributaries
mauriceriver.igc.org   (420 words)

  
 Delaware River - Wikinfo
The Delaware River is a river on the Atlantic coast of the United States.
A canal from Trenton to New Brunswick, called the Delaware and Raritan Canal, unites the waters of the Delaware and Raritan rivers; the Morris and the Delaware and Hudson canals connect the Delaware and Hudson rivers; and the Delaware and Chesapeake canal joins the waters of the Delaware with those of the Chesapeake Bay.
The River and Harbor Act of 1899 provided for a 30-foot channel 600 feet wide from Philadelphia to the deep water of the bay.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Delaware_River   (1399 words)

  
 GORP - Maurice River and its Tributaries, New Jersey
The Maurice River corridor is an unusually pristine Atlantic Coastal river with national and hemispherically important resources.
The Maurice River serves as the western boundary of the Pinelands.
Waterfowl and wintering raptors; the largest population of bald eagles in New Jersey is on the Maurice River.
www.gorp.com /gorp/resource/us_river/nj_mauri.htm   (822 words)

  
 California's water cup runneth over   (Site not responding. Last check: )
This week, the abrupt rise of the Merced River forced the evacuation of 30 Yosemite Valley campers and closed the park's main entrance road.
Lake Shasta on the Sacramento River, keystone of the Central Valley Project, is at 99 percent capacity - so full that on Thursday the bureau will open the drum gates near the top of the dam to flush out debris that has collected on the lake's surface.
The most flood-prone area is the San Joaquin Valley south of Modesto where the Tuolumne, Stanislaus and San Joaquin rivers converge and the topography doesn't lend itself to mitigating features such as the Yuba and Sutter bypasses.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/examiner/archive/1998/06/17/NEWS733.dtl   (839 words)

  
 SURFACE WATER
Among the more significant tributaries that supply surface water in the basin are: the Schuylkill River, the Lehigh River, and the Lackawaxen River in Pennsylvania; the Neversink and Mongaup Rivers in New York; and the Paulins Kill, Pequest, Musconetcong, and Maurice Rivers in New Jersey (Majumdar, Miller, and Sage, 1988).
The main stem of the Delaware River has an annual mean flow of 9,149 cfs at Trenton (USGS data as of 1999, http://water.usgs.gov/pa/nwis/annual/?site_no=01463500andagency_cd=USGS), which is maintained by releases from three large reservoirs on its tributaries in upstate New York (USGS NAWQA 1994).
Seventy-five percent of the Delaware River Basin's total surface water storage is contained within these three reservoirs with a total combined capacity of 271 billion gallons (Pepacton Reservoir at 140.1 billion gallons, Neversink at 34.9 BG, and Cannonsville at 95.7 BG) (Roberts and The Catskill Center, NYC Watershed Timeline, http://www.catskillcenter.org/programs/csp/H20/Lesson4/nyctime2.htm).
www.phillywater.org /Delaware/Watershed/surface_water.htm   (1361 words)

  
 NJDEP Division of Fish & Wildlife - Warmwater Fishing - New Jersey's Got it All
In the tidal portion of the river from Trenton south, the largemouth bass is king.
The average size bucket mouth in the lower river is fourteen inches and it is not uncommon to catch three- and four-pounders.
The Delaware River is currently considered the best walleye fishery in New Jersey and is annually stocked by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission and periodically by the New Jersey Division of Fish and wildlife to supplement natural reproduction.
www.njfishandwildlife.com /wwartjs.htm   (5937 words)

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