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ABITIBBI

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 65 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ABITIBBI  , a

lake and
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river of Ontario,
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Canada . The lake, in 490 N., 8o° W., is 6o m. long and studded with islands . It is shallow, and the shores in its vicinity are covered with small
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timber . It was formerly employed by the Hudson's
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Bay
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Company as
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part of a canoe route to the fur lands of the north . The construction of the
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Grand Trunk Pacific railway through this
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district has made it of some importance . Its outlet is Abitibbi river, a rapid stream, which after a course of 200 M. joins the
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Moose river, flowing into James Bay .

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