Great Falls
a city of Montana, the county-seat of Cascade co. It is on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, and the Great Northern railroads, and on the Missouri river. It is the center of an important mining region, and has extensive smelting works for the reduction of copper, gold, and silver ores. Lead, iron, zinc, and coal are also mined in the vicinity. The industries include the manufacture of flour, mining machinery, etc. It has an important trade in wool and is the center of an important agricultural region. The river here is spanned by two steel bridges, each over 1,000 GREAT SALT LAKE feet long. The notable buildings include a public library, a city hall, and a hotel.
There are seven parks. The neighboring country is of great scenic beauty. Water power is developed from Rainbow and Great Falls, which produces more than 200,000 horse power. Pop. (1910) 13,- 948; (1920) 24,121.
GREAT FISH RIVER. (1) In Cape Colony, a river rising in the Sneeuwberg Mountains, and, after a generally S. E. course of 230 miles, entering the Indian Ocean in latitude 33° 25' S. and longitude 27° E. The Midland railway which connects Port Elizabeth and Port Alfred with Kimberley skirts part of the river; there is an iron bridge at Cradock, and bridge at Cradock, Fish River Station is 207 miles from Port Elizabeth. (2) Great Fish river, or Back's river, in North America, enters an inlet of the Arctic Ocean in long. 95° W., after passing through Lake Pelly.
Sir George Back traced its course to the ocean.
GREAT KANAWHA (ka-na'wä), an affluent of the Ohio river called New river in the upper part of its course, and rising in the Blue Ridge of North Carolina; it has a course of 450 miles, and is navigable to a fall 30 miles above Charleston, and about 100 miles from its mouth.