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CROSS ISLAND [8 records]

Record 1 2021-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Political Geography and Geopolitics
  • International Public Law
  • Citizenship and Immigration
CONT

[Prince Edward Island] will continue to keep its provincial borders closed to non-residents, allowing only health-care providers and essential workers, such as truck drivers delivering goods, to cross the Confederation Bridge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie politique et géopolitique
  • Droit international public
  • Citoyenneté et immigration

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geografía política y geopolítica
  • Derecho internacional público
  • Ciudadanía e inmigración
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Record 2 2015-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (Canada)
OBS

An island in the south part of the Strait of Georgia, in British Columbia.

OBS

Coordinates: 48° 47’ 3" N, 123° 17’ 6" W (British Columbia).

OBS

North Pender Island and South Pender Island were originally one island, joined by a low, narrow isthmus. In 1903 the federal government cut a canal for larger boats to cross. From then on, the two parts were known as North Pender and South Pender.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (Canada)
OBS

Île dans la partie sud du détroit de Georgia, en Colombie-Britannique.

OBS

Coordonnées : 48° 47' 3" N, 123° 17' 6" O (Colombie-Britannique).

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (Canada)
OBS

An island in the south part of the Strait of Georgia, in British Columbia.

OBS

Coordinates: 48° 44’ 58" N, 123° 12’ 52" W (British Columbia).

CONT

North Pender Island and South Pender Island were originally one island, joined by a low, narrow isthmus. In 1903 the federal government cut a canal for larger boats to cross. From then on, the two parts were known as North Pender and South Pender.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (Canada)
OBS

Île dans la partie sud du détroit de Georgia, en Colombie-Britannique.

OBS

Coordonnées : 48° 44' 58" N, 123° 12' 52" O (Colombie-Britannique).

Spanish

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Record 4 2010-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A line, belt, or fringe of skerries, parallel to and extending along a coast for hundreds of kilometers, seemingly acting as a breakwater or "guard."

CONT

Norway is a land of rugged, pine-topped mountain ranges, valleys gouged out by glaciers, and narrow deep-sided inlets from the sea known as fjords. A line of offshore islands called the skerry guard shields the coastline and forms a protected inland waterway.

CONT

A chain of islands locally called the "skerry guard" or "reef guard" (Norwegian: skjærgården) protect the coast.

OBS

A skerry is a small rocky island, usually defined to be too small for habitation. It may simply be a rocky reef. The term skerry is derived from the Old Norse sker, which means a rock in the sea.... The island fringe of Norway is such a group of glacially formed skerries(called a skjærgård) ;many of the cross fjords are so arranged that they parallel the coast and provide a protected channel behind an almost unbroken succession of mountainous islands and skerries.

OBS

skaergaard; skerry-guard: terms used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

Key term(s)
  • skærgaard

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Côte basse de plaine proglaciaire ennoyée par la déglaciation, des eaux peu profondes entourant un semis d'îlots ou d'écueils («skjärgaard», ou jardin d'écueils en norvégien).

CONT

Côte à skjärs et à drumelinoïdes de la baie de James, au nord de l'embouchure de la Grande Rivière.

OBS

côte à skjär : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Cotton Industry
DEF

A cross between Sea Island and Egyptian. Grown in Arizona, Brownish color. Fine strong cotton. Averages 1 3/8" to 1 5/8". Used for sheer woven fabrics and fine knitted goods.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Industrie cotonnière
OBS

[...] on se propose d'analyser le comportement thermique et tribologique de tricots jerseys issus de deux variétés de coton (coton Pima et coton Kaba S). Le tableau 1 montre que le Pima donne des fibres plus longues et plus fines [...] les tricots en fibres de Pima absorbent davantage d'énergie que ceux en fibre de Kaba S, les autres paramètres restant identiques.

Spanish

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Record 6 2000-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geological and Other Scientific Names
OBS

A same designation could refer to a geographic or a geologic entity, sometimes with a slight variant in spelling or writing. It is important to distinguish one from the other and write each correctly according to the given context.

OBS

The bulk of the sediments that comprise the Oxford, Cross Lake, and Island Lake Groups consist of greywacks, subgreywacks, arkose, shale, and in the upper part of the sequences feldspathic quartzite.

OBS

Located in Superior Province.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms géologiques ou scientifiques
OBS

La règle concernant la majuscule au générique d'un nom géologique demeure imprécise. Habituellement, les noms de divisions stratigraphiques portent la majuscule et les entités de moindre importance n'en portent pas.

OBS

Une même désignation peut se référer à une entité géographique et à une entité géologique, parfois avec une légère variante. Il importe de bien distinguer l'une de l'autre et d'utiliser la graphie correcte selon le contexte.

OBS

Ces sédiments englobent les groupes d'Oxford, de Cross Lake et d'Island Lake et sont formés de grauwacke, de sous-grauwacke, d'arkose, de schiste argileux et, dans la partie supérieure de ces successions, de quartzite feldspathique.

Spanish

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Record 7 1999-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geological and Other Scientific Names
OBS

A same designation could refer to a geographic or a geologic entity, sometimes with a slight variant in spelling or writing. It is important to distinguish one from the other and write each correctly according to the given context.

OBS

The bulk of the sediments that comprise the Oxford, Cross Lake, and Island Lake Groups consist of greywacke, subgreywacke, arkose, shale, and in the upper part of the sequences, feldspathic quartzite.

OBS

Located in Manitoba.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms géologiques ou scientifiques
OBS

La règle concernant la majuscule au générique d'un nom géologique demeure imprécise. Habituellement, les noms de divisions stratigraphiques portent la majuscule et les entités de moindre importance n'en portent pas.

OBS

Une même désignation peut se référer à une entité géographique et à une entité géologique, parfois avec une légère variante. Il importe de bien distinguer l'une de l'autre et d'utiliser la graphie correcte selon le contexte.

OBS

Ces sédiment englobent les groupes d'Oxford, de Cross Lake et d'Island Lake et sont formés de grauwacke, d'arkose, de schiste argileux et, dans la partie supérieure de ces successions, de quartzite feldspathique.

Spanish

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Record 8 1998-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Bowling, Billiards and Other Ball Games
OBS

Organization which is established in Cross Roads, Prince Edward Island.

Key term(s)
  • Lawn Bowling Association of PEI
  • Association of Lawn Bowling of PEI
  • Prince Edward Island Lawn Bowling Association
  • Association of Lawn Bowling of Prince Edward Island
  • Lawn Bowling Association of Prince Edward Island
  • PEI Association of Lawn Bowling
  • Prince Edward Island Association of Lawn Bowling

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Quilles, billards et autres jeux de boules
OBS

Organisme établi à Cross Roads (Île-du-Prince-Édouard).

Key term(s)
  • Association de boulingrin de l'Î.-P.-É.
  • Association de boulingrin de l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard

Spanish

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