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Rainy Lake (French: lac à la Pluie; Ojibwe: gojiji-zaaga'igan) is a freshwater lake with a surface area of 360 square miles (932 km 2) that straddles the border between the United States and Canada. The Rainy River issues from the west side of the lake.
Idlewild is an unincorporated community in Yates Township, located just east of Baldwin in southeast Lake County, a rural part of northwestern lower Michigan. During the first half of the 20th century, it was one of the few resorts in the country where African-Americans were allowed to vacation and purchase property, before discrimination was ...
Part of the Chattahoochee Council Scout Reservation. Situated on West Point Lake, the camp is 600 acres with 26 miles of lake shore. Camp James G. Gallant: Chattahoochee Council: LaGrange, GA: Active: Dedicated in April 1983. Part of the Chattahoochee Council Scout Reservation. It consists of over 300 acres with 28 campsites. Robert E. Knox ...
Onaway State Park consists of a picnic area, a beach and day use area, and a campground. The campground area is divided into two sections. The lower campground was created in 1923, and campsite separation barriers (of logs, boulders, or concrete) were installed by CCC workers in the 1930s.
In 1909 he took his first extended canoe voyage through the border lakes and the Rainy Lake watershed, traveling 3,000 miles that summer. During the period from 1908 to 1915, Oberholtzer wrote a number of articles and short stories, some under the penname Ernest Carliowa. Many of the stories and articles were based on his canoe trip experiences.
They may fund government services, direct payments to citizens, a rainy-day fund, or specific infrastructure projects. A version can be found in oil-rich Alaska, where its $80 billion sovereign ...
Gakijiwanong Anishinaabe Nation (formerly Lac La Croix First Nation) (Ojibwe: Negwaakwaani-zaaga'igan) is a Saulteaux First Nation band government who reside in the Rainy River District of northwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Ontario-Minnesota border. It is approximately 200 km northwest of Thunder Bay, Ontario. As of January 2008, the First ...
California's historic wet winter inflicted at least $210 million in damage to the state's parks during storms in January and March, with a popular state beach near Santa Cruz accounting for nearly ...