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... Feet . Superior . 420 160 32,000 630 Huron - with Georgian Bay ... 280 190 24,000 578 St. Clair . 26 25 320 570 Erie ..... 240 Ontario 180 Michigan . 320 8888 80 10,000 565 65 7,300 231 80 25,600 578 Lake Michigan . The Great Lakes ...
... Feet . Superior . 420 160 32,000 630 Huron - with Georgian Bay ... 280 190 24,000 578 St. Clair . 26 25 320 570 Erie ..... 240 Ontario 180 Michigan . 320 8888 80 10,000 565 65 7,300 231 80 25,600 578 Lake Michigan . The Great Lakes ...
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... feet above the sea and an area of 8,500 square miles ; Winnipegosis , 120 miles long , 17 miles broad , 700 feet above the sea , and an area of 1,936 square miles , and Mani- toba , length 120 miles , breadth 16 miles , elevation above ...
... feet above the sea and an area of 8,500 square miles ; Winnipegosis , 120 miles long , 17 miles broad , 700 feet above the sea , and an area of 1,936 square miles , and Mani- toba , length 120 miles , breadth 16 miles , elevation above ...
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... feet by one hundred and five feet in length , and from one log no less than eight pieces of timber have been cut , each piece measur- ing 12 inches by 12 inches and fifty feet in length . Cedar trees also have been found 24 feet in ...
... feet by one hundred and five feet in length , and from one log no less than eight pieces of timber have been cut , each piece measur- ing 12 inches by 12 inches and fifty feet in length . Cedar trees also have been found 24 feet in ...
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... feet high in the centre , and nearly two miles in length . September 1. Laying of the corner stone of the Parliament Buildings at Ottawa by the Prince of Wales . These buildings , together with the Departmental Buildings , have been ...
... feet high in the centre , and nearly two miles in length . September 1. Laying of the corner stone of the Parliament Buildings at Ottawa by the Prince of Wales . These buildings , together with the Departmental Buildings , have been ...
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... feet long and 80 feet wide , with a rise of about 18 feet . Provision was made during the Session of Parliament in 1887 , by the voting of a sum of one million dollars , for the construction of a canal on the Canadian side , and through ...
... feet long and 80 feet wide , with a rise of about 18 feet . Provision was made during the Session of Parliament in 1887 , by the voting of a sum of one million dollars , for the construction of a canal on the Canadian side , and through ...
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Page 451 - ... drills, spades and shovels, hoes, hay, straw, manure, spading and mining forks, and all similar articles and parts thereof, thirty-five per cent, ad valorem, to take...
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