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Stanley Pool

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noun

  1. Congolese name: Pool Malebo.  a lake between the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre) and Congo-Brazzaville, formed by a widening of the River Congo. Area: 829 sq km (320 sq miles)

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Across Stanley Pool chugged the river ferry Congolia No. 10.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Upper Congo starts at Stanley Pool, and as far as Stanley Falls—a distance of over one thousand miles—has a navigable current.

From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Badlam, Anna B.

Leaving the beach we ride through avenues of palms and mango trees to higher ground, whence a beautiful view can be obtained of Stanley Pool.

From A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State by Dorman, Marcus Roberts Phipps

They were but two hundred miles above the point where the Kasai joins the Congo, to the north of Stanley Pool.

From The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo by Gilson, Charles

Stanley Pool, at the head of the rapids, is the chief depot for collection.

From Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges by Redway, Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw)