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  MSN Encarta - New York
New York, commonly known as New York City, is the largest city.
The state was named in the 1660s for the duke of York, later James II of England, though many place names are from the time when the region was a Dutch colony known as New Netherland.
These provinces are: the Atlantic Coastal Plain, a subdivision of the Coastal Plain; the New England Upland province, the Piedmont Plateau, the Ridge and Valley province, the Appalachian Plateaus, the Adirondack province, and the St. Lawrence Valley province, all subdivisions of the Appalachian Region; and the Central Lowland, a sub-division of the Interior Plains.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761552683/New_York.html   (2358 words)

  
 Learn more about New York in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
New York is a state in the northeastern United States and its U.S. postal abbreviation is NY.
New York was one of the thirteen colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution.
New York was heavily glaciated in the Ice Age leaving much of the state with deep, fertile, though somewhat rocky soils.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /n/ne/new_york.html   (946 words)

  
 The Encyclopedia of New York State :: Syracuse University Press :: NY :: New York
The Encyclopedia of New York State is one of the most ambitious works on the state’s history to appear in many decades.
"Although New York was the largest and most important of American states for more than 150 years, its history and its current circumstances are not appreciated even by its own residents, let alone by those of the rest of the United States.
New York is the only state on both the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes and the only one bordering both Quebec and Ontario?
encyclopedianys.syr.edu   (320 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: State of New York
The ice-free and deep-channelled port of New York, lying at the mouth of the Hudson River, with its wide roadsteads and anchorages and vast transportation facilities is indeed the greatest property of the State of New York.
New York State is divided by the Department of Agriculture of the United States into three climatological districts: (1) the Hudson, Delaware, and Susquehanna basins, (2) the Allegheny River, and (3) the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence.
The population of the State of New York itself increased from 340,120 in 1790 to 1,918,608 in 1830.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/11029a.htm   (11181 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - New York State Canal System, United States (U.S. Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
New York State Canal System, waterway system, 524 mi (843 km) long, traversing New York state and connecting the Great Lakes with the Finger Lakes, the Hudson River, and Lake Champlain.
The waterway, a modification and improvement of the old Erie Canal and its branches, was authorized (1903) by public vote.
Work was begun in 1905 and was completed in 1918, when it was opened as the New York State Barge Canal.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/N/NYSCanalSys.html   (279 words)

  
 Electronic Publications - Hope Farm Press
A GREAT resource for anyone interested in the printed history of New York State from the author of "Bibliography of New York State Communities", now in its third edition.
__ The Colonial History of New York Under the Dutch in 5 volumes.
Originally published in 17 volumes by the New York Historical Society, this single CD presents abstracts of all the wills on file in the Surrogate’s office in New York City.
www.hopefarm.com /ebooks1.htm   (2196 words)

  
 50states.com - States and Capitals
Place your pointer on a file folder to view a pop up of state abbreviation and capital city name.
Click on a file folder to reach state's outlined links page.
Press Ctrl - D to bookmark this page.
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