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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river, about 480 km (300 mi) long, of eastern Manitoba, Canada, flowing northeast to Hudson Bay.
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Sixteen miles on the 11th and five on the following morning brought us to the commencement of Hayes River which is formed by the confluence of the
The Journey to the Polar Sea John Franklin 1816
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You see, the Shamattawa runs into Hayes River, an 'Hayes River empties into the Bay just across a spit of land from Port Nelson.
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I've got options on better than half a million acres of pulpwood lyin 'between Hayes River an' the Shamattawa.
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"And you want to locate the mill on the Hayes River?"
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Hayes River, Radisson's canoe trip up the, 158-160; Fort Bourbon established on, 161; Radisson's second visit to, 182-186.
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Radisson rode triumphantly in on the tide to Hayes River, south of
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Up Hayes River, up the whole length of Winnipeg Lake, then in August the flatboats are ascending the muddy current of Red River, through what is now Manitoba, and for the first time the people see their Promised Land.
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Jean Groseillers 'men and the English of the other ships, Radisson embarked in a shallop with seven men in order to arrive at Hayes River before the other boats came.
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Radisson's vessels were light draught, and he ran them in on the tide to Hayes River on the south, where his men took possession for France and erected log huts as a fort.
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Ten days after his return, he again left Hayes River to see what his rivals were doing.
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