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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river, about 1,920 km (1,195 mi) long, rising in central British Columbia, Canada, and flowing east to Alberta then northeast to the Slave River near Lake Athabasca. It was long an important waterway for fur traders.
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The Peace River is the land of the moose, and, winter and summer, hunter and trader, along the whole length of 900 miles, between the Peace and Athabasca, live upon its delicious venison.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure Various 1909
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Site C.would be the third dam on the Peace River, which is already spanned by the W.A.C. Bennett and Peace C.nyon dams.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Wendy Stueck 2010
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Site C.would be the third dam on the Peace River, which is already spanned by the W.A.C. Bennett and Peace C.nyon dams.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Wendy Stueck 2010
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Site C.would be the third dam on the Peace River, which is already spanned by the W.A.C. Bennett and Peace C.nyon dams.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Wendy Stueck 2010
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While the Peace River is a resource for the development of hydroelectric power, the potential wind energy locked into the barren lands on the eastern foothills of the Northern Rocky Mountains that run from Tumbler Ridge in the South to Fort Nelson in the north dwarfs it by a factor of more than a thousand.
TheTyee.ca Max Fawcett 2010
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Site C.would be the third dam on the Peace River, which is already spanned by the W.A.C. Bennett and Peace C.nyon dams.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Wendy Stueck 2010
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The Calgary, Alberta, oil and natural gas producer said the joint venture, with a unit of China Investment Corp., or CIC, will develop assets in the Peace River area of Alberta.
Penn West, China Investment Form Oil-Sands Venture Carolyn M. King 2010
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Analysts said the Peace River assets, known as the Seal oil-sands play, weren't being ascribed much value because the company didn't have the resources to fully develop the assets.
Penn West, China Investment Form Oil-Sands Venture Carolyn M. King 2010
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Moreover, its seasonality in water levels reflects the effects of flow regulation and climatic variability in one of its major tributaries, the Peace River, located about 2,000 kilometers (km) upstream in the Rocky Mountain headwaters of western Canada [27].
Effects of climate change on general hydro-ecology in the Arctic 2009
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Regulation effects on the lower Peace River, Canada.
Effects of climate change on general hydro-ecology in the Arctic 2009
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