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NIPIGON [NEEPIGON, OR NEPIGON]

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 707 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NIPIGON [NEEPIGON, OR NEPIGON] ,a See also:lake and See also:river of See also:Thunder See also:Bay See also:district, See also:Ontario, See also:Canada. The lake is 3o m. N. of the bay of the same name on Lake See also:Superior, at an See also:altitude of 852 ft. above the See also:sea. It is 70 M. See also:long and 5o m. wide; contains over See also:i000 islands, is very deep, and has a much-indented See also:shore-See also:line measuring upwards of 580 M. The river, which drains the lake, descends several See also:hundred feet in the 40 M. of its course and is the largest stream flowing into Lake Superior. It is widely known for the excellence of its See also:trout fishing.

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