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northwest 1. the point of the compass or direction midway between north and west, clockwise 315? from north 2. any area lying in or towards this direction 3. of or denoting the northwestern part of a specified country, area, etc. 4. in, to, towards, or (esp of the wind) from the northwest Northwest 1. the northwestern part of England, esp Lancashire and the Lake District 2. the northwestern part of the US, consisting of the states of Washington, Oregon, and sometimes Idaho 3. (in Canada) the region north and west of the Great Lakes How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| John Jacob Astor to establish an American emporium for the fur trade at the mouth of the Columbia, or Oregon River; of the failure of that enterprise through the capture of Astoria by the British, in 1814; and of the way in which the control of the trade of the Columbia and its dependencies fell into the hands of the Northwest Company. This is the ninth of October, and they have not found her yet: they will as soon find the Northwest Passage. IN THE COURSE of occasional visits to Canada many years since, I became intimately acquainted with some of the principal partners of the great Northwest Fur Company, who at that time lived in genial style at Montreal, and kept almost open house for the stranger. |
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