Keewatin

[ kee-weyt-n ]

/ kiˈweɪt n /

noun

a district in the Northwest Territories, in N Canada. 228,160 sq. mi. (590,935 sq. km).

Geology. a division of the Archeozoic rocks found in the Canadian Shield.

Example sentences from the Web for keewatin

Its true worth to him had been that it had converted him from a Londoner in Keewatin into a man of the Northland.

Murder Point |Coningsby Dawson
The last important one was made in 1877, and consisted of a pilgrimage through Manitoba and part of the District of Keewatin.

The Canadian Portrait Gallery Volume 3 |John Charles Dent
Some of these antlers appear longer than any I saw in Keewatin.

The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin |Francis Harper
I would sledge the width of Keewatin for half a day with you.

The Wilderness Trail |Frank Williams

This patrol involved much hardship and danger, but it stabilized conditions in that remote Keewatin area.

Policing the Plains |R.G. MacBeth

British Dictionary definitions for keewatin

Keewatin

/ (kiːˈweɪtɪn) /

noun

a former administrative district of the Northwest Territories of Canada stretching from the district of Mackenzie to Hudson Bay; became part of Nunavut in 1999: mostly tundra

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British Dictionary definitions for keewatin

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