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List Of Islands In Georgian Bay
This is a list of islands of Ontario. Lake Abitibi * Black Island * Kenosha Island * Mistaken Islands Albany River * Albany Island * Big Island * Blackbear Island * Byrd Island * Cheepay Island * Comb Island * Fafard Island * Faries Island * Hat Island * Hill Island * Kagami Island * Kakago Island * Linklater Island * Norran Island * Oldman Island * Peacock Island * Robins Island * Sand Cherry Island * Stonebasket Island * Tanti Island * Willow Island Balsam Lake * Grand Island Big Gull Lake - West End - Little Gull Lake * Belle Island * Carlson Island * Snake Island * Chimney Island * Goat Island * Race Island * Rifle Island Big Gull Lake - East End * Beacon Island * Bear Boundary Island * Big Boundary Island * Boundary Island * Brothers Island * Green Island * Johns Island * Long Island * Marshall Island * Pogue's Island * Redlac Island * Sister Island * Three Sister's Island * Viking Point Island * Whalen Island * Whispe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ISS067-E-7704 Islands Between Manitoulin Island And The Bruce Peninsula
The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest modular space station currently in low Earth orbit. It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe), and CSA (Canada). The ownership and use of the space station is established by intergovernmental treaties and agreements. The station serves as a microgravity and space environment research laboratory in which scientific research is conducted in astrobiology, astronomy, meteorology, physics, and other fields. The ISS is suited for testing the spacecraft systems and equipment required for possible future long-duration missions to the Moon and Mars. The ISS programme evolved from the Space Station ''Freedom'', a 1984 American proposal to construct a permanently crewed Earth-orbiting station, and the contemporaneous Soviet/Russian ''Mir-2'' proposal from 1976 with similar aims. The ISS is the ninth space station to be i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hill Island (Albany River)
Hill Island is a Baffin Island offshore island located in the Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. The uninhabited island lies in Frobisher Bay, approximately southwest of Iqaluit. Bishop Island and Faris Island Faris Island (alternate: Ferris Island) is one of the many uninhabited Canadian arctic islands in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. It is a Baffin Island offshore island located in Frobisher Bay, approximately southwest of the capital city of Iqaluit. ... are in the immediate vicinity. References Uninhabited islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region Islands of Frobisher Bay {{QikiqtaalukNU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Island (Balsam Lake)
Grand Island may refer to: Places United States *Grand Island, California, a community in Colusa County * Grand Island (California), an island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta *Grand Island, Florida, a community *Grand Island, Nebraska, a city ** Grand Island (Nebraska), a former island on the Wood and Platte Rivers; original site of the city *Grand Island, New York, a town and island in the Niagara River *Grand Island (Massachusetts), an island *Grand Island Township, Michigan, on an island of the same name in Lake Superior ** Grand Island National Recreation Area, located on the same island Other countries * Ilha Grande, in Brazil * Grand Island (Balsam Lake) in Balsam Lake in Canada * Grand Jason Island, sometimes known as "Grand Island", in the Falkland Islands *Isla Grande, in Panama Other *Grand Island (band), a Norwegian rock band See also * Grand Isle (other) Grand Isle may refer to: Places In the United States: * Grand Isle, a barrier island on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balsam Lake (Ontario)
Balsam Lake is a lake in the City of Kawartha Lakes in Central Ontario, Canada. It is in the Great Lakes Basin, is one of the lakes of the Kawartha Lakes, and is at the summit of the Trent–Severn Waterway. Geography Balsam Lake is long and averages wide, though its actual width varies due to the many large bays that carve its shoreline; the total area is and the watershed area is . The primary inflows are the Gull River at the north and the Staples River at the southwest. The lake is the highest point of the Trent–Severn Waterway at ; from here, the waterway descends to Georgian Bay in the northwest, and to Lake Ontario in the southeast. It is the highest point to which a vessel can be navigated from sea level in the Great Lakes-Saint Lawrence River drainage basin. The main outflow, at the east, is the Rosedale River and Trent Canal leading to Cameron Lake. The village of Coboconk is located on the north side of the lake. Natural history Balsam Lake Provincial Park a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willow Island (Ontario)
Willow Island may refer to: Inhabited places * Willow Island, Nebraska, U.S. * Willow Island, West Virginia, U.S. Islands * Willow Island (Illinois), one of the islands in Kankakee River State Park, Illinois, U.S. * Willow Island (Washington), one of the islands that makes up the San Juan Islands off the coast of Washington, U.S. * Willow Island (Wisconsin), on the grounds of the Alliant Energy Center, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. * One of several small man-made islands in Wascana Centre, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada * An island in the San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, U.S. * An island in Lake Worth in Texas, U.S. * An island in Brandon Marsh, Warwickshire, England Other uses * Willow Island disaster, the 1978 collapse of a cooling tower under construction at the Pleasants Power Station at Willow Island, West Virginia * Willow Island Lock and Dam, on the Ohio River See also * Willow (other) A willow is any of the several hundred species of de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanti Island (Ontario)
The Tanti (also anglicised as Tanty, Tantee, Tantubay, Tantubai, Tati, Tatin) are a Hindu vaishya weaving and cloth merchant community in India. The greatest concentration is believed to be in the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam and Odisha. The community is not very concentrated because their designation was defined based on their occupation rather than particular beliefs or group identity. Origin The word tanti is derived from the Odia word tanta, which means a loom. They were traditionally weavers, and are one of the many communities found in South Asia, traditionally associated with this craft. The community is found in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam as well as Odisha The Tanti are said to have originated as weavers and providers of cloth since the ancient days. They were known for great skill in weaving and the ability to produce both fine linens as well as more common every ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sand Cherry Island (Ontario)
Sand is a granular material composed of finely divided mineral particles. Sand has various compositions but is defined by its grain size. Sand grains are smaller than gravel and coarser than silt. Sand can also refer to a textural class of soil or soil type; i.e., a soil containing more than 85 percent sand-sized particles by mass. The composition of sand varies, depending on the local rock sources and conditions, but the most common constituent of sand in inland continental settings and non-tropical coastal settings is silica (silicon dioxide, or SiO2), usually in the form of quartz. Calcium carbonate is the second most common type of sand, for example, aragonite, which has mostly been created, over the past 500million years, by various forms of life, like coral and shellfish. For example, it is the primary form of sand apparent in areas where reefs have dominated the ecosystem for millions of years like the Caribbean. Somewhat more rarely, sand may be composed of calcium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robins Island (Ontario)
Robins Island is a island in Peconic Bay by the eastern end of Long Island off the coast of New Suffolk, New York. The island is privately owned and not accessible to the public and is within the jurisdiction of the Town of Southold in Suffolk County, New York in the United States. History Robins Island was part of the 1636 deed to William Alexander, Earl of Stirling by King Charles I in which Alexander received all of Long Island and adjacent islands. Alexander gave James Farret power to act as his agent and attorney in settling Long Island. In 1637, Farret was allowed to choose for his personal use. Farret chose Shelter Island and Robins Island for his use. Farret, in turn, sold the islands to Stephen Goodyear, one of the founders of the New Haven Colony in 1641. In 1651, it was purchased by Nathaniel Sylvester and his partners Constant Sylvester, Thomas Middleton, and Thomas Rouse. The island was purchased by Parker Wickham in 1715. According to the Southold Town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peacock Island (Ontario) in Berlin, Germany
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Peacock Island can refer to: *Peacock Island (Connecticut) in Stratford, Connecticut, United States *Umananda Island in Guwahati, Assam, India, called Peacock Island by the British See also *Pfaueninsel Pfaueninsel (, "Peafowl, Peacock Island") is an island in the River Havel situated in Berlin-Wannsee, in the district of Steglitz-Zehlendorf in southwestern Berlin, near the border with Potsdam in Brandenburg. The island is part of the Palaces a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oldman Island (Ontario)
Oldman may refer to: People *Oldman (king) (died 1687), King of the Miskito Nation *Albert Oldman (1883–1961), British boxer * C. B. Oldman (1894–1969), English bibliographer *Gary Oldman (born 1958), British actor *Hugh Oldman (1914–1988), British soldier and cricketer *Kurt Oldman, Swiss-born composer * Mark Oldman (born 1969), American entrepreneur *Maureen Oldman, known as Laila Morse, (born 1945), British actress *Richard Oldman (1877–1943), British Army officer *William Ockelford Oldman (1879–1949), ethnographic collector and dealer Places * Oldman Formation, Alberta, Canada *Oldman Lake, Montana, United States *Oldman River, Alberta, Canada * Oldman River valley parks system, Alberta, Canada *Oldman Wood, Scotland, United Kingdom Other uses *Old man (other) *Coyote Oldman, American band *Old-man cactus, plant *Oldman klipfish *Oldman wormwood, flowering plant *Old Man of the Mountain The Old Man of the Mountain, also called the Great Stone Face and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norran Island (Ontario)
''Norran'' (previously named ''Norra Västerbotten'') is a Swedish language social democratic newspaper published in Skellefteå, Sweden. History and profile ''Norran'' was founded by a group of liberal newspaper enthusiasts led by Anton Wikström from Jörn in 1910. The first official edition was published 1 January 1911. The paper is owned by the foundation Skelleftepress. It is published in Berliner format in Skellefteå, and chiefly distributed in the northern parts of Västerbotten. The stated position of the editorial is liberal. Most of the newspaper's local articles are written in Skellefteå, but it also has local editors in Arjeplog, Arvidsjaur, Malå and Norsjö. It has been published on the Internet since February 1996 and the main news service is freely available. In correlation with the newspaper's 100-year-anniversary, the staff announced on 4 January 2010 that its name would be changed into ''Norran'', a name which has been used by its readers for decades. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
