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Example sentences for "ninth parallel"

  • Thence up the Columbia to the mouth of the Kootanie River, near the forty-ninth parallel of latitude, is the trading establishment called Kootanie House.

  • At that time, the United States government proposed to draw the division line on the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude from the Lake of the Woods to the Pacific Ocean.

  • Proceeding up Frazer River to near the forty-ninth parallel, upon the left or south bank of the river is Fort Langley, an extensive stockade.

  • I divided Oregon at the forty-ninth parallel, and not at fifty-four forty, when I broke Pakenham's key.

  • He spoke of the necessity of peace, of the fair adjustment offered by an acceptance of the forty-ninth parallel, and derided the idea of casting two great nations into war for such a question as this.

  • Great Britain held out for the Columbia River as the dividing line, and the United States for the forty-ninth parallel throughout.

  • From the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the forty-ninth parallel to the North Pole, now all was Canadian soil.

  • From the Lake of the Woods to the Rockies a new line, the forty-ninth parallel, was agreed upon in 1818.

  • The line of division was about the forty-ninth parallel of latitude, the French city of Brest representing its most familiar landmark.

  • The southern area, extending roughly from the forty-fifth to the forty-ninth parallel, was used almost exclusively for troopships.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    alive again; black ball; cent stamp; cette ville; eternal death; fair share; five copies; little nearer; looking woman; ninth century; ninth parallel; ninth year; often impossible; policy towards; pride and; really think; she listened; single vowel; sware unto; three sons; torpid state; undoubted right; what went; worth anything