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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 396 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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OWEN See also:
SOUND
SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)
SOUND , a See also:

TOWN

town and See also:

PORT

port of entry in See also:

Ontario, See also:

CANADA

Canada, and See also:

capital of See also:

Grey See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, situated 99 m. N.W. of See also:

TORONTO

Toronto, on Georgian See also:

BAY

Bay. Pop. (19o1) 8776. It is the See also:

TERMINUS

terminus of branches of the See also:

CANADIAN

Canadian Pacific and See also:

GRAND

Grand See also:

TRUNK (Fr. tronc, Lat. truncus, cut off, maimed)

Trunk See also:

RAILWAYS

railways, and of the Canadian Pacific and other steamship lines plying to ports on Lakes See also:

Huron and See also:

SUPERIOR

Superior. Its 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 is one of the best on See also:

Lake Huron, and navigable by lake vessels of the largest See also:

SIZE

size. It is a flourishing town, containing See also:

SHIPBUILDING

shipbuilding yards, and manufactories of See also:

mill machinery, agricultural implements, See also:

FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture and sewing-See also:

MACHINES

machines, See also:

FLOUR

flour-See also:

mills, saw-mills and large See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain See also:

ELEVATORS, LIFTS

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