Great Northern

Great Northern may refer to:

  • Great Northern (indie band), led by former 30 Seconds to Mars member Solon Bixler
  • Great Northern (country band), led by former Mission Mountain Wood Band member Rob Quist
  • Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer), a bird also known as the Common Loon
  • Great Northern War, a war fought by Russia, Denmark-Norway, and Saxony-Poland against Sweden
  • Great Northern?, a novel by Arthur Ransome in the Swallows and Amazons series, named after the diver
  • Great Northern bean, a white common bean
  • The Great Northern Warehouse, a leisure complex in Manchester, England
  • One of a number of railways; see Great Northern Railway (disambiguation)
  • Great Northern Route, a group of railway services in the South-East and East of England, UK

Famous quotes containing the word northern:

    “That we can come here today and in the presence of thousands and tens of thousands of the survivors of the gallant army of Northern Virginia and their descendants, establish such an enduring monument by their hospitable welcome and acclaim, is conclusive proof of the uniting of the sections, and a universal confession that all that was done was well done, that the battle had to be fought, that the sections had to be tried, but that in the end, the result has inured to the common benefit of all.”
    —William Howard Taft (1857–1930)