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He has written extensively about many different aspects of Florida, and is most notable for his books Weird Florida and Weird Florida II, [2] and Black Cloud, a history of the great 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane. His first work of fiction is Peace River, a historical novel set during the Civil War. He now is assembling a series of mysteries ...
Donald McGray Phillips (August 24, 1929 – October 5, 2016) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1966 to 1969 and from 1972 to 1986, as a Social Credit member for the constituency of South Peace River. [1]
Image of the Peace River. The Peace River is a river in the southwestern part of the Florida peninsula, in the U.S.A. [1] It originates at the juncture of Saddle Creek and Peace Creek northeast of Bartow in Polk County and flows south through Fort Meade (Polk County) Hardee County to Arcadia in DeSoto County and then southwest into the Charlotte Harbor estuary at Punta Gorda in Charlotte County.
Transporting phosphate by ship down the Peace River was a slow and tedious process due to the river levels being low at some times. The Florida Southern Railway (which later became part of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad ) operated tracks to Punta Gorda along the south side of the river, and it was also used to some extent to transport ...
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Forest Animal Rescue was founded in 1998. [1] This animal sanctuary has been located in Silver Springs, Marion County, Florida, since 2013. [1]The facility maintains over 80 acres (320,000 m 2) of local habitat and wildlife as well as housing numerous unwanted wild animal species.
"The overland route from Edmonton to Dawson City in the Yukon was 1,446 miles long and passed through St. Albert, Lac La Nonne (including the Sion area), Fort Assiniboine, Grouard and Peace River. When the Edmonton Bulletin reported the Yukon gold strike in a May edition of 1897 the first 90 miles of the trail were already in place.
Peace River Bridge may refer to any of the following bridges over the Peace River in Canada: Peace River Bridge (British Columbia), Taylor, British Columbia; Peace River Suspension Bridge, Taylor, British Columbia (collapsed in 1957) Dunvegan Suspension Bridge, in Dunvegan, Alberta; Hudson's Hope Suspension Bridge, Hudson's Hope, British Columbia