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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river of southeast Canada flowing about 1,200 km (740 mi) northeast from Lake Ontario along the Ontario–New York border and through southern Quebec to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, an arm of the northwest Atlantic Ocean off southeast Canada. The river forms part of the Saint Lawrence Seaway, an international waterway, about 3,750 km (2,350 mi) long, consisting of a system of canals, dams, and locks in the St. Lawrence River and connecting channels through the Great Lakes. The seaway opened in 1959 and provides passage for oceangoing ships as far west as Lake Superior.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a North American river; flows into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the North Atlantic
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Examples
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The U.S. uses measurements made at the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec in 1988 as its baseline.
Why Measure a Mountain? Because It's There Carl Bialik 2011
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This mid 18th-century sketch in ink and watercolors shows Kahnawake, a Kanienkehaka community on the Saint Lawrence River.
History of American Women Maggiemac 2008
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In the meantime, Lieutenant Colonel Barrimore St. Léger had advanced along the route laid down for him—up the Saint Lawrence River and across Lake Ontario to a landing at Oswego on the New York shore.
Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997
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Detroit in turn was supplied by the British by way of the Saint Lawrence River, Lake Ontario, and Lake Erie.
Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997
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Detroit in turn was supplied by the British by way of the Saint Lawrence River, Lake Ontario, and Lake Erie.
Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997
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Standing upon the crest of a monumental headland that thrust out into the Saint Lawrence River, it had an upper city, naturally defended by steep bluffs, and a lower city, ringed by forts.
Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997
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Standing upon the crest of a monumental headland that thrust out into the Saint Lawrence River, it had an upper city, naturally defended by steep bluffs, and a lower city, ringed by forts.
Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997
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In the meantime, Lieutenant Colonel Barrimore St. Léger had advanced along the route laid down for him—up the Saint Lawrence River and across Lake Ontario to a landing at Oswego on the New York shore.
Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997
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I learned that Lac Saint-Jean is a crater impact lake in the Laurentian Highlands, two hundred kilometers north of the Saint Lawrence River, into which it drains via the Saguenay River.
206 BONES Kathy Reichs 1990
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I learned that Lac Saint-Jean is a crater impact lake in the Laurentian Highlands, two hundred kilometers north of the Saint Lawrence River, into which it drains via the Saguenay River.
206 BONES Kathy Reichs 1990
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