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  Michipicoten River -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-30)
This river is 113 km in length and drains an area of about (additional info and facts about 5,200 km²) 5,200 km².
A (The Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France) French trading post was built at the river's mouth in the early (additional info and facts about 1700s) 1700s and remained in use until abandoned by the (additional info and facts about Hudson's Bay Company) Hudson's Bay Company in 1904.
The river's name means "big bluffs" in (additional info and facts about Ojibwe) Ojibwe and refers to the large hills located near the river's mouth.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/M/Mi/Michipicoten_River.htm   (168 words)

  
 Agate
According to Theophrastus the agate (acaths) was named from the river Achates, now the Drillo, in Sicily, where the stone was originally found.
An enormous trade in agate-working is carried on in a small district in Germany, around Oberstein on the Nahe, a tributary of the Rhine at Bingen.
South Africa likewise yields numerous agates, especially in the gravels of the Orange and Vaal rivers.
www.jewelry-paideia.com /reference/ref-gemstone-agate-1.php   (1967 words)

  
 Lake Superior
The lake is fed by over 200 rivers.
The largest include the Nipigon River, the St Louis River, the Pigeon River, the Pic River, the White River, the Michipicoten River and the Kaministiquia River.
The rapids on the river necessitate the Sault locks (pronounced "soo"), a part of the Great Lakes Waterway, to move boats over the 25 foot height difference from Lake Huron.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/l/la/lake_superior.html   (421 words)

  
 Articles - Lake Superior   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-30)
The largest include the Nipigon River, the St.
Louis River, the Pigeon River, the Pic River, the White River, the Michipicoten River and the Kaministiquia River.
Water levels, including diversions of water from the Hudson Bay watershed, are governed by the International Lake Superior Board of Control which was established in 1914 by the International Joint Commission.
www.foreverd.com /articles/Lake_Superior   (588 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Michipicoten River, Ontario, Canada - (river) - Facts and Information
Michipicoten River, 70 mi/113 km long, central Ont., Canada; issues from L. Wabatongushi, 120 mi/193 km N of Sault Ste.
Marie; flows generally SW, through Dog and Manitowick lakes, to Michipicoten Bay of L.
Capital city or county seat is shown by the symbol
reference.allrefer.com /gazetteer/M/M06869-michipicoten-river.html   (148 words)

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