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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

Macdonell had some influence over the Indians of the Qu'Appelle district and of the more distant west.

From The Red River Colony A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba by Louis Aubrey Wood

With Peter Pond on the Athabaska, and sent by him, 1786, to establish a post near mouth of Slave River; at Fort Chipewyan, 1789; at Fort Qu'Appelle, 1793; with David Thompson on the Assiniboine, 1797.

From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various

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