New Quebec


noun
  1. a region of E Canada, formerly the Ungava district of Northwest Territories (1895–1912), extending from the line of the Eastmain and Hamilton Rivers north between Hudson Bay and Labrador; absorbed by Quebec in 1912; contains extensive iron deposits. Area: about 777 000 sq km (300 000 sq miles)

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How to use New Quebec in a sentence

  • Many a tragedy would pass there before old Quebec became New Quebec, with famous and heroic story.

    A Little Girl in Old Quebec | Amanda Millie Douglas
  • Two hundred persons, many of them married couples, and farmers were to found a New Quebec.

    A Little Girl in Old Quebec | Amanda Millie Douglas