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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

Discovered in 1770 by Samuel Hearne, the Dubawnt was explored by J. B. Tyrrell in 1893, and the Thelon by David Hanbury in 1899.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various

Conserving Canada’s musk-oxen; being an account of an investigation of the Thelon Game Sanctuary 1928-29. . . .

From The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin by Harper, Francis

A biological investigation of the Thelon Game Sanctuary.

From The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin by Harper, Francis

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