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salt plains 
arid, unproductive saline earth; specifically, a tract of such soil lying some 40 miles northeast of Fort Smith, N.W.T.
- 1851 (1908) These natural pans, or salt plains, he describes . . . as "bounded on the north and west by a ridge between six and seven hundred feet high."
- 1882 We proceeded on our stage to the salt plains in our new conveyance comfortably enough untill towards evening we met with a mishap which delayed us for some time.
- 1927 The weather was ideal while mosquitoes were numerous and attentive, especially on the Salt Plains. . . .
- 1851 (1908) These natural pans, or salt plains, he describes . . . as "bounded on the north and west by a ridge between six and seven hundred feet high."