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Crowsnest Coalfield
Crows Nest, Crow's Nest or Crowsnest may refer to: * Crow's nest, a structure in the upper part of the main mast of a ship, or a structure that is used as a lookout point Places * Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia ** Crows Nest railway station * Crows Nest, Queensland, Australia ** Crows Nest National Park ** Shire of Crows Nest ** Electoral district of Crows Nest * Crow's Nest, Nova Scotia, Canada * Crowsnest Highway, in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada * Crowsnest Pass, a mountain pass on the Alberta–British Columbia border, Canada ** Crowsnest Mountain ** Crowsnest Provincial Park * Crowsnest River, Alberta, Canada * Crow's Nest (Hong Kong), a hill * Crow's Nest, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom * Crows Nest, Indiana, U.S. * Crow's Nest, Montana, U.S. near the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876 * Crow's Nest (New York), U.S. a mountain * Crows Nest (Wilmington, Vermont), U.S., a historic property * Crow's Nest Natural Area Preserve, in Stafford County, Virgin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crow's Nest
A crow's nest is a structure in the upper part of the main mast of a ship or a structure that is used as a lookout point. On ships, this position ensured the widest field of view for lookouts to spot approaching hazards, other ships, or land by using the naked eye or optical devices such as telescopes or binoculars. It should not be confused with the top, the platform in the upper part of each lower mast of a square-rigged sailing ship. According to William Scoresby Jr., the crow's nest was invented in the 19th century by his father, William Scoresby Sr., a whaler and also an Arctic explorer. However, Scoresby Sr. may simply have made an improvement on existing designs. Crow's nests appear in Egyptian reliefs as early as 1200 BC and on eighth to seventh century BC representations of Phoenician, Etruscan, and Boiotian ships. The crow’s nest disappears completely from depictions of ships after the seventh century, although the relationship between a raised vantage point a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crowsnest River
The Crowsnest River is a tributary to the Oldman River in southwestern Alberta, Canada. Location From its source in Crowsnest Lake at an elevation of about in the Canadian Rockies, Crowsnest River meanders eastward through the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass and Frank Slide. It passes into the foothills near Burmis and reaches the western margin of the Alberta plains near Lundbreck. It then joins the Oldman River Reservoir at an elevation of about .Canada NTS Maps 82G/9 Blairmore and 82G/10 Crowsnest, 1:50:000 Fish species The Crowsnest River is highly productive with a substantial insect population fueling a world-class sport fishery for rainbow, westslope cutthroat, bull, hybrid trout ("cutbow" cutthroat and rainbow trout crosses), brown trout (below Lundbreck Falls), mountain whitefish, and various species of suckers. See also * List of rivers of Alberta Alberta's rivers flow towards three different bodies of water, the Arctic Ocean, the Hudson Bay and the Gulf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crows Nest Point
Crows Nest Point is a cape in Stafford County, in the U.S. state of Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar .... Crows Nest Point was named after a black boat that was regularly harbored there in the 19th century. References Headlands of Virginia Landforms of Stafford County, Virginia {{StaffordCountyVA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crow's Nest Natural Area Preserve
Crow's Nest Natural Area Preserve is a large wilderness area located on the southern border of Stafford County, Virginia, United States, between Potomac Creek and Accokeek Creek. The greater portion of the Crow's Nest Peninsula is approximately and lies within the coastal plain of Virginia. About of the peninsula is protected as part of the Virginia Natural Area Preserve System. Virtually the entire Crow's Nest Peninsula is forested with an impressive, mature stand of mixed hardwoods. Hardwood forests of this extent are becoming increasingly rare in the Virginia and Chesapeake Bay coastal plain due to prevalent forestry practices and fragmentation of natural areas for development and agriculture. The size and continuity of this hardwood stand enhance its viability and its value in providing a large, unfragmented natural area for diverse organisms. Within a relatively short time (50–100 years), this forest will also comprise a substantial occurrence of old-growth forest wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crows Nest (Wilmington, Vermont)
The Crows Nest is a historic farmstead property at 35 Sturgis Drive in Wilmington, Vermont. The property includes rolling woods and a hay meadow, and a small cluster of farm outbuildings near the main house, a c. 1803 Cape style building. The property typifies early Vermont farmsteads, and is now protected by a preservation easement. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. Description and history The Crows Nest is located on the west side of Sturgis Drive in northwestern Wilmington. Sturgis Drive is a former alignment of nearby Coldbrook Road, the principal road from the village center to its northwest. The farmstead originally consisted of , including land as far north as the current alignment of Coldbrook Road and as far east as Mann Road, which has been sold off for development. The remaining portions of the original farmstead now consist of 75 acres, most of which has been allowed to revert to woodland, and a roughly rectangular hay meadow above ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crow's Nest (New York)
Crow's Nest is a mountain along the west bank of the Hudson River in the Town of Highlands on the northern edge of the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point. US 9W passes just west of its summit and offers panoramic views of the Hudson River, the military academy's ski slope, and Constitution Island. A small portion of the northern slopes are within Storm King State Park, but most of the mountain is on USMA property and thus generally off limits to the public (it is fenced off along Route 9W). There is a television relay tower located near the summit. Gallery Image:West_Point_from_9@.JPG, West Point viewed from US Route 9W U.S. Route 9W (US 9W) is a north–south U.S. Highway in the states of New Jersey and New York. It begins in Fort Lee, New Jersey, as Fletcher Avenue crosses the US 1–9, US 46, and the Interstate 95 (I-95) approache ... just south of ''Crow's Nest'' Image:Crow%27s_Nest_from_Hudson.JPG, Crow's Nest seen from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of The Little Bighorn
The Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, and also commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand, was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army. The battle, which resulted in the defeat of U.S. forces, was the most significant action of the Great Sioux War of 1876. It took place on June 25–26, 1876, along the Little Bighorn River in the Crow Indian Reservation in southeastern Montana Territory. Most battles in the Great Sioux War, including the Battle of the Little Bighorn (14 on the map to the right), "were on lands those Indians had taken from other tribes since 1851". The Lakotas were there without consent from the local Crow tribe, which had treaty on the area. Already in 1873, Crow chief Blackfoot had called for U.S. military actions against the Indian intruders. The steady Lakota i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crows Nest, Indiana
The Town of Crows Nest is located in Washington Township, Marion County, Indiana, approximately northwest of downtown Indianapolis. The town is adjacent to the neighboring community of North Crows Nest. It includes two streets: Sunset Lane south of Kessler Boulevard and Questover Circle. The population was 73 at the 2010 census. It has existed as an "included town" since 1970, when it was incorporated into Indianapolis as part of Unigov. It is part of Indianapolis, but retains a functioning town government under IC 36-3-1-11. History Crows Nest was founded in 1927 and supposedly was named from crows nesting nearby. The Town of Crows Nest Historic District is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. It encompasses 29 contributing buildings, 5 contributing sites, 4 contributing structures, and 3 contributing objects in an exclusive residential enclave of Indianapolis. The district developed between about 1905 and 1950, and incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crow's Nest, Cornwall
Crow's Nest is a village in Cornwall, England. It is located within the civil parish of St Cleer, on the southeastern edge of Bodmin Moor, north of the town of Liskeard. A Site of Special Scientific Interest, also named Crow's Nest, is located 200m north of the village. It is noted for its geological interest, as well as various species of moss, specifically for being one of only two sites in the world where Cornish path moss ('' Ditrichum cornubicum'') grows, a distinction it shares with the Phoenix United Mine, also located in Cornwall. The SSSI also forms part of '' Phoenix United Mine and Crow's Nest'' Special Area of Conservation A Special Area of Conservation (SAC) is defined in the European Union's Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC), also known as the ''Directive on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora''. They are to protect the 220 habitats and ap .... References Villages in Cornwall Bodmin Moor Sites of Special Scientific Interest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crow's Nest (Hong Kong)
Crow's Nest () is a hill north of So Uk in Cheung Sha Wan of New Kowloon in Hong Kong. It has a height of 194 metres and is located south of Eagle's Nest. It is one of the Eight Mountains of Kowloon. Lung Cheung Road and Tai Po Road are found on its southern slope. On the eastern side of the hill, there are three private housing estates: Dynasty Heights, Skylodge and Tropicana. Its western slope is mainly given over to cultivation. See also * Geography of Hong Kong * List of mountains, peaks and hills in Hong Kong * Eagle's Nest (Hong Kong) * Beacon Hill Tunnel * Lion Rock * MacLehose Trail The MacLehose Trail is a 100-kilometre hiking trail that crosses much of the New Territories, Hong Kong, starting from Pak Tam Chung, Sai Kung District in the east to Tuen Mun Town, Tuen Mun District in the west. The path is marked by distance p ... References Mountains, peaks and hills of Hong Kong Cheung Sha Wan New Kowloon {{HongKong-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crowsnest Provincial Park
Crowsnest Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located within the District Municipality of Sparwood, east of Fernie on BC Highway 3, just inside the BC side of the Crowsnest Pass Crowsnest Pass (sometimes referred to as Crow's Nest Pass, french: link=no, col du Nid-de-Corbeau) is a low mountain pass across the Continental Divide of the Canadian Rockies on the Alberta– British Columbia border. Geography The pass is .... References Provincial parks of British Columbia Parks in the Regional District of East Kootenay Elk Valley (British Columbia) Year of establishment missing {{BritishColumbia-park-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crows Nest, New South Wales
Crows Nest is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is also part of the North Sydney region, 5 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of North Sydney Council. History Crows Nest was originally part of a land grant made to Edward Wollstonecraft in 1821. The grant extended from the site of the present day Crows Nest to Wollstonecraft. Edward Wollstonecraft built a cottage, the 'Crow's Nest' and, according to his business partner Alexander Berry, chose the name "on account of its elevated and commanding position". Berry later built a more substantial Crow's Nest House on the estate in 1850, taking the name of the earlier cottage. This site is now the site of North Sydney Demonstration School. The gates of Crows Nest House (added in the 1880s) still stand at the Pacific Highway entrance to the school. Berry died at Crows Nest House on 30 November 1873. Heritage listings Crows Nest has a n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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