Dubawnt

American  

[doo-bawnt] / dʊˈbɔnt /

noun

1. a river in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Canada, flowing NE to Baker Lake. 580 miles (933 km) long.

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Example Sentences

The Chipewyan Indians, whom he found occupying advantageous positions everywhere as far as the north end of Dubawnt Lake, had disappeared, and in their places the country had been occupied by scattered bands and families of Eskimos, who had almost forgotten the ocean shores of the north, from which they had come.

From Project Gutenberg

Captain Duncan in 1791 explored Corbett's Inlet, and in the following year made a re-examination of Chesterfield Inlet, and ascended a short distance up Dubawnt River.

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Thence he turned south-westward until he reached Dubawnt River, where it flows from Dubawnt Lake.

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A point in latitude 63� 10' north and longitude 10� 40' west from Churchill, which is the position given in the text, is shown on his map almost in the centre of Dubawnt Lake, and the map shows that after crossing the outlet of the lake his course was at a considerable distance to the north-west and west from it.

From Project Gutenberg

His route is marked crossing the Dubawnt River in latitude 63� north, near where it flows into an arm or bay of Dubawnt Lake.

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