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Thelon

American  
[thee-lon] / ˈθi lɒn /

noun

  1. a river in the SE Northwest Territories, in central Canada, flowing NE into Hudson Bay. About 550 miles (885 km) long.


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Explain why the ancient sedimentary rocks of the Athabasca and Thelon Basins are generally unmetamorphosed and undeformed.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2015

John Hornby, 50, lost explorer; of starvation; in a solitary cabin on the Thelon River, west of Hudson Bay, Canada.

From Time Magazine Archive

A biological investigation of the Thelon Game Sanctuary.

From The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin by Francis Harper

From the description here given, it would appear to be near the divide between the watershed of Great Slave Lake and Thelon River.

From A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations by J. B. Tyrrell

The wooded, or partially-wooded, banks of the Thelon extend for a distance of about one hundred and seventy miles below the forks of the Hanbury.

From A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations by J. B. Tyrrell

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