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Qu'Appelle

American  
[kwuh-pel] / kwəˈpɛl /

noun

  1. a river in S Saskatchewan and SW Manitoba, Canada, flowing E to the Assiniboine River. 270 miles (434 km) long.


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This photo dated around 1900 shows a First Nations elder with children at the Qu’Appelle Indian Industrial School in Lebret, in what is now Saskatchewan.

From New York Times Jul. 5, 2021

I should sit on the left side of the scenic car, a prime spot to view the sweeping Qu’Appelle Valley.

From Washington Post Apr. 13, 2017

Wild Oats In Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, a Persian cat puzzled its owner by yowling, squirming.

From Time Magazine Archive

He went up to the sporting country near Qu'Appelle for duck and game shooting, spending from Monday, October 6th, until Friday, October 10th, there.

From Westward with the Prince of Wales by W. Douglas (Wilfrid Douglas) Newton

Treaties had been made with the Indians who had been most in contact with civilization in the more easterly districts of the Lake of the Woods, Lake Winnipeg and the Qu'Appelle Lakes.

From Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police by R. G. (Roderick George) MacBeth

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