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WOOD MOUNTAIN [9 records]

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Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Guns (Land Forces)
CONT

Regulations called for each mountain howitzer ammunition chest to contain a fixed shell, six special case shot, and a round of canister. Made of poplar wood, an ammunition chest weighed 20 pounds empty and 112 pounds when packed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Canons (Forces terrestres)
CONT

Un canon normal a une culasse dans laquelle l'obus encartouché est introduit pour le tir.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
OBS

Wood Mountain : band name taken from the 2002 Indian Registration and Band Lists Directorate's data base of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada(INAC).

OBS

Wood Mountain : band located in Saskatchewan.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
OBS

Wood Mountain : nom de bande entériné par le ministère des Affaires indiennes et du Nord canadien (MAINC).

OBS

Wood Mountain : bande vivant en Saskatchewan.

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Funeral Services
  • Anthropology
CONT

Hanging coffins are coffins which have been placed on cliffs. They can be found in various locations, including China, Indonesia, and the Philippines.... Hanging coffins are an ancient funeral custom... Coffins of various shapes were mostly carved from one whole piece of wood. Hanging coffins either lie on beams projecting outward from vertical faces such as mountains, are placed in caves in the face of cliffs, or sit on natural rock projections on mountain faces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes funèbres
  • Anthropologie
CONT

[...] la ville de Sagada, rendue célèbre pour ses cercueils suspendus : depuis des millénaires, la tribu des Igorots [enferme] ses morts dans des cerceuils accrochés à flancs de montagne [...] La coutume voulait qu'un corps soit [placé] en position fœtale dans un cercueil assez petit [...] Le cercueil suspendu permettait au mort de se rapprocher des esprits ancestraux.

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Products
DEF

Any forest commodity made of wood and not intended for the high-volume conventional forest sector, thus excluding lumber, fibreboard, and pulp and paper.

CONT

Examples include carvings, canoes, snowshoes, bowls, utensils, toys, jewellery, decorative boxes, and musical instruments. Specialty wood products often enhance the value of residual wood from forest harvesting(for example, tree stumps, knotted trees, and blue-stained wood attacked by the mountain pine beetle) or of shrub and tree species with a unique wood grain pattern(for example, bird's eye maple).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produits du bois
DEF

Tout produit en bois tiré de la forêt et non destiné au secteur forestier traditionnel de masse, ce qui exclut le bois de sciage, les panneaux de fibres ainsi que les pâtes et papiers.

CONT

Les sculptures, les canots, les raquettes, les bols, les ustensiles, les jouets, les bijoux, les boîtes décoratives et les instruments de musique en sont des exemples. Les produits du bois spécialisés permettent souvent de valoriser les résidus d'exploitation (par exemple, les souches, les arbres noueux et le bois bleui des arbres attaqués par le dendroctone du pin ponderosa) ou des espèces d'arbres et d'arbustes présentant une disposition unique du grain de leur bois (par exemple, l'érable piqué).

Spanish

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Record 5 2014-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Wood
DEF

The potential woody biomass resources available for salvage following natural disturbances—for example, wood damaged by insect pests such as the mountain pine beetle, by disease, or by fire or wind — or forestry activities — for example, small-diameter or other trees left standing.

OBS

In some cases, harvesting and construction residues are also viewed as opportunity wood.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de bois
DEF

Ressources potentielles en biomasse ligneuse pouvant être récupérées à la suite de perturbations naturelles (par exemple, bois d'arbres endommagés par des insectes ravageurs comme le dendroctone du pin ponderosa, par des agents pathogènes ou par le feu ou le vent) ou à la suite d'activités d'exploitation (par exemple, arbres de petit diamètre ou autres arbres laissés sur pied).

OBS

Les résidus d'exploitation et de construction sont parfois aussi considérés comme du bois d'occasion.

Spanish

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Record 6 2010-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
Picea engelmannii
Latin
DEF

A large mountain spruce of the Rocky mountain region and British Colombia that yields a light-colored wood used chiefly as rough lumber and for boxes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Picea engelmannii
Latin
OBS

Arbre de la famille Pinaceae.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Plantas con semilla (Spermatophyta)
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Picea engelmannii
Latin
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Record 7 2003-09-16

English

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

... the Alberta Plateau... exhibits the strongest relief features, including uplands such as the Cypress Hills and Wood Mountain;...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (Canada)
OBS

[...] le plateau albertain [...] est celui qui offre le plus de relief, grâce aux collines du Cyprès et au mont Wood; [...]

Spanish

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Record 8 2002-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Areal Planning (Urban Studies)
  • Parks and Botanical Gardens
DEF

In some national parks(Jasper, Wood Buffalo, Prince Albert, Waterton Lakes, and Riding Mountain), a tract of land intended for summer seasonal cottage use.

OBS

Since 2001, the official name of these parks is said with the generic "National Park of Canada.

OBS

A term used by Parks Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement du territoire
  • Parcs et jardins botaniques
DEF

Dans certains parcs nationaux (Jasper, Wood Buffalo, de Prince Albert, du Mont-Riding et des Lacs-Waterton), parcelle de terrain destinée à être occupée par des chalets d'été.

OBS

Depuis 2001, les noms officiels de ces parcs se disent avec le générique «parc national du Canada».

OBS

Terme en usage à Parcs Canada.

Spanish

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Record 9 2000-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Wood
DEF

The wood of Rocky Mountain juniper.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de bois

Spanish

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