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CHURCHILL (MISSINNIPPI or ENGLISH)

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 347 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CHURCHILL (MISSINNIPPI or See also:
ENGLISH
ENGLISH) , the name of a See also:

RIVER

river of the See also:

province of See also:

Saskatchewan and See also:

DISTRICT

district of See also:

KEEWATIN

Keewatin, See also:

CANADA

Canada. It rises in La Loche (or Methy) See also:

lake, a small lake in 56° 30' N. and ao9° 30' W., at an See also:

ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude of 1577 ft. above the See also:

sea, and flows E.N.E. to See also:

Hudson's See also:

BAY

Bay, passing through a number of lake expansions. Its See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal tributaries are the See also:

Beaver (350 M. See also:

long), Sandy and See also:

REINDEER

Reindeer See also:

rivers. Between See also:

FROG

Frog and Methy portages (480 m.) it formed See also:

PART

part of the old voyageur route to the See also:

Peace, See also:

ATHABASCA (Athapescow), or ELK

Athabasca, and See also:

Mackenzie. It is still navigated by canoes, but has many rapids. Its principal affluent, the Reindeer, discharges the See also:

WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters of Reindeer Lake (1150 ft. above the sea, with an See also:

AREA

area of 2490 sq. m.) and See also:

Wollaston Lake (altitude, 1300ft.). The Churchill is 925 M. long. Fort Churchill, at its mouth, is the best See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour in the See also:

SOUTHERN

southern portion of Hudson's Bay. The See also:

PORTAGE

portage of La Loche (or Methy), See also:

ILI

Ili M. in length, connects its See also:

head waters with the Clearwater river, a tributary of the Athabasca, draining into the See also:

ARCTIC (Gr. "ApKroc, the Bear, the northern constellation of Ursa Major)

Arctic Ocean.

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