query: where is the gulf of st lawrence river?

title: Gulf of Saint Lawrence

text: and Quebec. As for significant islands the Gulf of Saint Lawrence contains Anticosti Island, PEI, Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Cape Breton Island, Saint Pierre Island, and Miquelon-Langlade. Half of the ten provinces of Canada adjoin the Gulf: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Quebec. Besides the Saint Lawrence River itself, significant streams emptying into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence include the Miramichi River, Natashquan River, Romaine River, Restigouche River, Margaree River, and Humber River. Branches of the Gulf include the Chaleur Bay, Fortune Bay, Miramichi Bay, St. George's Bay, Bay St. George, Bay of Islands, and Northumberland Strait.

title: Battle of the St. Lawrence

text: Lawrence, when U-boats began to attack domestic coastal shipping along Canada's east coast in the St. Lawrence River and Gulf of St. Lawrence from early 1942 through to the end of the shipping season in late 1944. The "Kriegsmarine" had made no formal plans to attack merchant shipping in the St. Lawrence River and Gulf of St. Lawrence, despite its activities off the convoy assembly ports of Halifax and Sydney, Nova Scotia; therefore, early attacks in the Battle of the St. Lawrence were considered ad-hoc and opportunistic. The first attack was by , which torpedoed and sank the British freighter

title: Gulf of St. Lawrence lowland forests

text: Gulf of St. Lawrence lowland forests The Gulf of St. Lawrence lowland forests are a temperate broadleaf and mixed forest ecoregion of eastern Canada. Located on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, the world's largest estuary, this ecoregion covers all of Prince Edward Island, the Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine of Quebec, most of east-central New Brunswick, the Annapolis Valley, Minas Basin and the Northumberland Strait coast of Nova Scotia. This area has a coastal climate of warm summers and mild but snowy winters with an average annual temperature of around 5 °C going up to 15 °C in summer, the coast is hotter

title: Gulf of St. Lawrence lowland forests

text: for agriculture with only 3% of original habitat remaining and that highly fragmented. The only large block of intact habitat remains in the area around Kouchibouguac National Park in New Brunswick, although even here logging is ongoing. Gulf of St. Lawrence lowland forests The Gulf of St. Lawrence lowland forests are a temperate broadleaf and mixed forest ecoregion of eastern Canada. Located on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, the world's largest estuary, this ecoregion covers all of Prince Edward Island, the Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine of Quebec, most of east-central New Brunswick, the Annapolis Valley, Minas Basin and the Northumberland Strait coast

title: Estuary of Saint Lawrence

text: Estuary of Saint Lawrence The estuary of the Saint Lawrence in Quebec, Canada is the largest estuary in the world. The estuary of the St. Lawrence River is located downstream of the St. Lawrence River and upstream of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It refers to the place where the fresh and salt waters mix between the river and the gulf. The St. Lawrence Estuary begins at Lake Saint-Pierre and ends at the widening of the shores, at the height of Pointe-des-Monts, Quebec, opposite Les Méchins, Quebec. It is divided into three sections: the St. Lawrence River estuary at Île

title: Saint Lawrence River

text: the "Gulf of Saint Lawrence". The Saint Lawrence River is partly within the U.S. and as such is that country's sixth oldest surviving European place-name. The earliest regular Europeans in the area were the Basques, who came to the St Lawrence Gulf and River in pursuit of whales from the early 16th century. The Basque whalers and fishermen traded with indigenous Americans and set up settlements, leaving vestiges all over the coast of eastern Canada and deep into the Saint Lawrence River. Basque commercial and fishing activity reached its peak before the "Armada Invencible"'s disaster (1588), when the Spanish Basque

title: Battle of the St. Lawrence

text: inadequate even with these reinforcements. The incident revealed that the RCN did not have the resources to deal with the situation and there were political repercussions in Canada with suggestions that RCN ships allocated to the Atlantic convoys should be recalled to protect Canadian territorial waters; however, the RCN's priority remained with the protection of convoys to Britain, the Soviet Union and North Africa. Several RN escorts were attached to the RCN for some months during 1942, with convoys in the St. Lawrence River and Gulf of St. Lawrence being formed between RCN facilities at in Quebec City, in Gaspé,

title: Saint Lawrence

text: explorer Jacques Cartier, arriving in the river estuary of the North American Great Lakes on the Feast of St. Lawrence in 1535, named it the "Gulf of St. Lawrence". The river emptying into the gulf was named the "St. Lawrence River". Many names in what are now Québec and the Maritime Provinces of Canada are references to this important seaway, e. g., the "Laurentian mountains" north of the city of Montreal, Saint-Laurent (borough), Saint Lawrence Boulevard which spans the width of the Island of Montreal, and St. Lawrence County, New York, United States near Lake Ontario. The rescue operation for

title: Saint Lawrence River

text: the rapids. An extensive system of canals and locks, known as the Saint Lawrence Seaway, was officially opened on 26 June 1959 by Elizabeth II (representing Canada) and President Dwight D. Eisenhower (representing the United States). The Seaway now permits ocean-going vessels to pass all the way to Lake Superior. During the Second World War, the Battle of the St. Lawrence involved submarine and anti-submarine actions throughout the lower Saint Lawrence River and the entire Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Strait of Belle Isle and Cabot Strait from May to October 1942, September 1943, and again in October and November 1944.

title: Saint Lawrence River

text: Heraldic Authority. In 1980 Jacques Cousteau traveled to Canada to make two films on the Saint Lawrence River and the Great Lakes, "Cries from the Deep" and "St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea". Musician David Usher released the song "St. Lawrence River" on his "Little Songs" album in 1998. The novel and film Black Robe is set primarily on the St. Lawrence River during the 17th century. Saint Lawrence River The Saint Lawrence River (; Tuscarora: "Kahnawáʼkye"; Mohawk: "Kaniatarowanenneh", meaning "big waterway") is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. The Saint Lawrence River flows in a

title: Grenadier Island (Saint Lawrence River)

text: Grenadier Island (Saint Lawrence River) Grenadier Island is one of the islands of the Thousand Islands located on the St. Lawrence River in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada. The island is named after the British Grenadier Guards regiment. In 1654, Pere Simon le Moyne, a Jesuit Priest, made the first recorded voyage of a European through the upper St. Lawrence. He was sent from Montreal to establish a mission at Oswego. On his way, he stopped at the village of Toniata where he observed native Mississauga Indians fishing for eel. According to an old hand drawn

title: St. Lawrence Iroquoians

text: east of Île d'Orléans. Extensive archaeological work in Montreal has revealed the 1,000-year history of human habitation on the site. In 1992 a new museum, Pointe-à-Callière (Montreal Museum of Archaeology and History), opened here to preserve the archaeology and mark new understandings of the city and the St. Lawrence Iroquoians. Major exhibits have displayed the increasing knowledge about the St. Lawrence Iroquoians: St. Lawrence Iroquoians The St. Lawrence Iroquoians were an Indigenous people who existed from the 14th century to about 1580. They concentrated along the shores of the St. Lawrence River in present-day Quebec and Ontario, Canada, as well

title: St. Lawrence Iroquoians

text: St. Lawrence Iroquoians The St. Lawrence Iroquoians were an Indigenous people who existed from the 14th century to about 1580. They concentrated along the shores of the St. Lawrence River in present-day Quebec and Ontario, Canada, as well as the American state of New York, although their territory extended east. They spoke Laurentian languages, a branch of the Iroquoian family. They were believed to have numbered up to 120,000 people in 25 nations. However, this much higher estimate of the number Lawrence Iroquoians is highly improbable. Their largest known village had a population of about 600, and the best scientific

title: St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad

text: St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad The St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad , known as St-Laurent et Atlantique Quebec in Canada, is a short-line railway operating between Portland, Maine, on the Atlantic Ocean, and Montreal, Quebec, on the St. Lawrence River. It crosses the Canada–US border at Norton, Vermont and Stanhope, Quebec, and is owned by short-line operator Genesee & Wyoming. The line was built by the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad in the U.S. and the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railway in Canada, meeting at Island Pond, Vermont, south of the international border. Major communities served include Portland and Lewiston

title: St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad

text: and rapid water level rise following an unseasonal day of rain. St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad The St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad , known as St-Laurent et Atlantique Quebec in Canada, is a short-line railway operating between Portland, Maine, on the Atlantic Ocean, and Montreal, Quebec, on the St. Lawrence River. It crosses the Canada–US border at Norton, Vermont and Stanhope, Quebec, and is owned by short-line operator Genesee & Wyoming. The line was built by the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad in the U.S. and the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railway in Canada, meeting at Island Pond, Vermont, south

title: St. Lawrence Reservation

text: St. Lawrence Reservation The St. Lawrence Reservation (originally known as the State Reservation on the St. Lawrence) was a former protected area established by the state of New York in the Thousand Islands region along the St. Lawrence River in the late 19th century. The reservation's parks were some of the earliest lands purchased by New York State for the purposes of recreation and land preservation. Initially intended to become part of an international park with islands protected by Canada, properties acquired by New York for the reservation are today managed as independent state parks by the New York State

title: Grenadier Island (Saint Lawrence River)

text: protected as highly sensitive lands. The Grenadier Island Country Club, founded in 1927, and private since July 2005, is one of the oldest island golf courses in Canada. Grenadier Island (Saint Lawrence River) Grenadier Island is one of the islands of the Thousand Islands located on the St. Lawrence River in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada. The island is named after the British Grenadier Guards regiment. In 1654, Pere Simon le Moyne, a Jesuit Priest, made the first recorded voyage of a European through the upper St. Lawrence. He was sent from Montreal to establish a

title: Gulf of Saint Lawrence

text: through this Island to Cape Breton [] and on to Pointe Blanche () in the Island of St. Pierre, and thence to the Southwest point of Morgan Island (). "On the West." The meridian of 64°30'W, but the whole of Anticosti Island is included in the Gulf.</poem> Fisheries and Oceans Canada places the western limit at Pointe-des-Monts. St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia, off the northeastern tip of Cape Breton Island, is referred to as the ""Graveyard of the Gulf"" because of its many shipwrecks. Access to this island is controlled by the Canadian Coast Guard. Bonaventure Island on the eastern

title: Saint Lawrence River

text: Saguenay rivers drain into the Saint Lawrence. The Saint Lawrence River is in a seismically active zone where fault reactivation is believed to occur along late Proterozoic to early Paleozoic normal faults related to the opening of Iapetus Ocean. The faults in the area are rift-related and comprise the Saint Lawrence rift system. According to the United States Geological Survey, the Saint Lawrence Valley is a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian division, containing the Champlain and Northern physiographic section. However, in Canada, where most of the valley is, it is instead considered part of a distinct Saint Lawrence Lowlands

title: Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad

text: Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad The Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad (C&SL) was a historic railway in Lower Canada, the first Canadian public railway and one of the first railways built in British North America. The C&SL was financed by Montreal entrepreneur and brewery owner, John Molson. It was intended as a portage road to connect the St. Lawrence River valley with Lake Champlain, cutting time from the trip between Montreal and New York. Construction began in January, 1835 when surveyors determined the line would run from St. John on the Richelieu River to the nearest point on the St.

title: St. Lawrence Iroquoians

text: historical understanding. The hypothesis about the St. Lawrence Iroquoians helps explain apparent contradictions in the historical record about French encounters with natives in this area. The origins of the word "canada", from which the nation derived its name, offers an example of the changes in historical understanding required by new evidence. By "canada", the St. Lawrence Iroquoians of "Stadacona" meant "village" in their language. Cartier wrote, ""[I]lz (sic) appellent une ville Canada" (they call a village 'Canada')". Cartier applied the word to both the region near "Stadacona" and the St. Lawrence River that flows nearby. Both the "Canadian Encyclopedia" (1985)

title: Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad

text: on his "Judgement Day Express" album (1973) with the song "Champlain and St. Lawrence Line" Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad The Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad (C&SL) was a historic railway in Lower Canada, the first Canadian public railway and one of the first railways built in British North America. The C&SL was financed by Montreal entrepreneur and brewery owner, John Molson. It was intended as a portage road to connect the St. Lawrence River valley with Lake Champlain, cutting time from the trip between Montreal and New York. Construction began in January, 1835 when surveyors determined the line would

title: Yellow River (Indiana)

text: River, a branch of the St. Joseph, all flowing to Lake Michigan, through the lower lakes to the St. Lawrence River and reaching the North Atlantic. On the south and the southeast, it is bounded by the drainage of the Tippecanoe River. The Tippecanoe River flows southward into the Wabash River, emptying into the Ohio, then into the Mississippi River, expelling its waters into the Gulf of Mexico. To the southwest is the Iroquois River a tributary of the Kankakee River, as is the Yellow River. The Yellow River is the second-largest tributary of the Kankakee. The Iroquois River is

title: St. Lawrence Laurentians

text: also holds the record for most consecutive Newfoundland titles with 8 between 1995-2002. The main pitch called St. Lawrence Centennial Soccer Field is on the list of Historic Places in Canada. Labatt's is the club sponsor so the team is also known as St. Lawrence Labatt Laurentians St. Lawrence Laurentians The St. Lawrence Laurentians is a soccer club founded in 1904 and based in St. Lawrence, Newfoundland. St. Lawrence is dubbed "Soccer Capital of Canada" due to its great success over the years. With a population of 1,350, the town has 9 organized soccer teams. The senior men's team hold

title: Saint Lawrence River

text: Saint Lawrence River The Saint Lawrence River (; Tuscarora: "Kahnawáʼkye"; Mohawk: "Kaniatarowanenneh", meaning "big waterway") is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. The Saint Lawrence River flows in a roughly north-easterly direction, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean and forming the primary drainage outflow of the Great Lakes Basin. It traverses the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, and is part of the international boundary between Ontario, Canada, and the U.S. state of New York. This river also provides the basis of the commercial Saint Lawrence Seaway. The Saint Lawrence River begins at the

title: Gulf of St. Lawrence Campaign (1758)

text: Raid on Lunenburg (1756). He was also responsible to locate the Acadian refugees along the Saint John River. After the Siege of Louisbourg (1758), the second wave of the Expulsion of the Acadians began. Moncton was sent on the St. John River Campaign and the Petitcodiac River Campaign. Commander Rollo accomplished the Ile Saint-Jean Campaign. Roger Morris conducted the Cape Sable Campaign. Wolfe was sent on the Gulf of St. Lawrence Campaign. In the Gulf of St. Lawrence Campaign, the British wanted to remove resources from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to prevent any interference with the anticipated Siege of

title: Battle of the St. Lawrence

text: "Nicoya" at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River several kilometres off Anticosti Island on 12 May 1942, followed by the Dutch freighter "Leto" in the same vicinity several hours later. "U-553" departed the Gulf of St. Lawrence to return to its established patrol in the North Atlantic. Before these sinkings, the Gulf of St. Lawrence and St. Lawrence River had been guarded by only four RCN warships, a , two Fairmile Marine motor launches and an armed yacht; a clearly inadequate force for the task. The RCN's response to the attacks was to deploy five s, but it remained

title: Gulf of St. Lawrence Campaign (1758)

text: hundred Acadians at Boishébert's refugee camp at Petit-Rochelle. The following year, Pierre du Calvet made a census of the Chaleur Bay, whose purpose was to determine where and how many Acadians were hiding there. Roderick MacKenzie captured refugees, including 20 people of the 174 then in Caraquet, New Brunswick. The rest of the population emigrated to other places in the Bay of Chaleur, especially to Carleton, Quebec and Bonaventure, Quebec. Gulf of St. Lawrence Campaign (1758) The Gulf of St. Lawrence Campaign (also known as The Gaspee Expedition) occurred during the French and Indian War (the North American theatre of

title: Gulf of St. Lawrence Campaign (1758)

text: Gulf of St. Lawrence Campaign (1758) The Gulf of St. Lawrence Campaign (also known as The Gaspee Expedition) occurred during the French and Indian War (the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War) when British forces raided villages along present-day New Brunswick and the Gaspé Peninsula coast of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Sir Charles Hardy and Brigadier-General James Wolfe were in command of the naval and military forces respectively. After the Siege of Louisbourg, Wolfe and Hardy led a force of 1,500 troops in nine vessels to the Gaspé Bay arriving there on September 5. From there they

title: Battle of the St. Lawrence

text: primarily from Quebec City to Sydney. Late 1944 saw a resurgence of U-boat activity in the St. Lawrence River and Gulf of St. Lawrence. German submarines were being equipped with the snorkel, a telescopic engine ventilation system that permitted continuous underwater operation without surfacing. "U-1223" entered the Gulf of St. Lawrence undetected in early October and is credited with seriously damaging the on 14 October and sinking the Canadian freighter SS "Fort Thompson" on 2 November. Three weeks later, "U-1228" attacked and sank the Flower-class corvette , a few kilometres off of Channel/Port aux Basque on the night of 24–25

title: Battle of the St. Lawrence

text: the POW escapee. "U-536" managed to elude the RCN task force by diving just as the surface warships began attacking with depth charges; the submarine was able to escape the Gulf of St. Lawrence without making the extraction. In 1943, the RCAF had begun to successfully harass U-boat operations in Canadian coastal waters and the RCN had grown in numbers and effectiveness to allow more resources to be dedicated to anti-submarine warfare operations in territorial waters. By early 1944, the shipping lanes in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and St. Lawrence River were reopened to domestic and war-related convoys operating

title: Gulf of Saint Lawrence

text: Gulf of Saint Lawrence The Gulf of Saint Lawrence (French: "Golfe du Saint-Laurent") is the outlet of the North American Great Lakes via the Saint Lawrence River into the Atlantic Ocean. The gulf is a semienclosed sea, covering an area of about and containing about of water, which results in an average depth of . The Gulf of Saint Lawrence is bounded on the north by the Labrador Peninsula and Quebec, to the east by Saint-Pierre and Newfoundland, to the south by the Nova Scotia peninsula and Cape Breton Island, and to the west by the Gaspe Peninsula, New Brunswick,

title: Gulf of Saint Lawrence

text: National Park Reserve in the Mingan Archipelago on the Côte-Nord of Quebec. The five provinces bordering the Gulf of Saint Lawrence also have several provincial parks apiece, some of which preserve coastal features. The Laurentian Channel is a feature of the floor of the Gulf that was formed during previous ice ages, when the Continental Shelf was eroded by the Saint Lawrence River during the periods when the sea level plunged. The Laurentian Channel is about deep and about long from the Continental Shelf to the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River. Deep waters with temperatures between enter the Gulf

title: Battle of the St. Lawrence

text: a flying instructor, made two of the attacks. Neither sank the U-boat. Aircraft continued to harry the submarine as it cruised the Gulf. Bélanger was in the cockpit for another attack on "U-517" on 29 September. Although his depth charges exploded all around the submarine's hull, it survived yet again. Still, Bélanger's attacks had badly hurt the submarine along with some sailors inside it. Later the young airman would be awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, in large part for his determined attack of the U-boat. The continued attacks caused the St. Lawrence River and Gulf of St. Lawrence to be

title: Battle of the St. Lawrence

text: Battle of the St. Lawrence The Battle of the St. Lawrence involved marine and anti-submarine actions throughout the lower St. Lawrence River and the entire Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Strait of Belle Isle, Anticosti Island and Cabot Strait from May–October 1942, September 1943, and again in October–November 1944. During this time, German U-boats sank several merchant ships and four Canadian warships. There were several near shore actions involving the drop of German spies, or the attempted pick up of escaping prisoners of war. Despite the 23 ships lost, this battle marked a strategic victory for Canadian forces as ultimately they

title: Gulf of Saint Lawrence

text: word meaning "village" or "settlement", thus naming the world's second largest country. At just about the same period, Basques came to frequent the area for whale-hunting and trade with the First Nations people of the modern Canadian Atlantic and Quebec provinces. They left vestiges of their presence in many locations of the area—docks, furnaces, graveyards, etc. Gulf of Saint Lawrence The Gulf of Saint Lawrence (French: "Golfe du Saint-Laurent") is the outlet of the North American Great Lakes via the Saint Lawrence River into the Atlantic Ocean. The gulf is a semienclosed sea, covering an area of about and containing

title: USS St. Lawrence (1848)

text: hard aground. The following day, "Virginia" returned to Hampton Roads where she engaged "Monitor" in a historic battle which, although inconclusive, revolutionized naval warfare. After the battle in Hampton Roads, "St. Lawrence" served briefly in the Potomac River to protect the Federal capital from attack by sea. She returned to Hampton Roads late in April, but was reassigned to the East Gulf Blockading Squadron. "St. Lawrence" arrived at Key West, Florida on the 23rd and was soon at sea again looking for blockade runners operating between Cuba and the gulf coast. In July, she became flagship of the squadron, and

title: Battle of the St. Lawrence

text: of the United States Navy into the Battle of the Atlantic, coupled with declining German shipbuilding capability to replace battle losses, saw the U-boat fleet redeployed to the primary Atlantic convoy routes to disrupt the Allied war resupply effort; this effectively saw enemy submarines withdrawn from the St. Lawrence River and Gulf of St. Lawrence by the end of 1942. Canadian military intelligence and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) intercepted mail addressed to several "Kriegsmarine" officers (including Otto Kretschmer) imprisoned at the Camp 30 prisoner of war camp at Bowmanville, Ontario in early 1943. The correspondence detailed an escape

title: Battle of the St. Lawrence

text: and surrendered to the RCN at Shelburne, Nova Scotia and Bay Bulls, Newfoundland respectively. After the war, it was shown that the mingling of fresh and salt waters in the region (the world's largest estuary), plus temperature variations and sea ice, disrupted RCN anti-submarine operations and reduced the effectiveness of shipboard sonar systems that were designed to detect submarines. Fog and other weather conditions in the St. Lawrence River and Gulf of St. Lawrence also conspired to hamper RCAF patrols. Canadian Army Royal Canadian Navy Frigates Corvettes Minesweepers Armed yachts Auxiliaries Motor launches Royal Canadian Air Force Royal Air Force

title: Battle of the St. Lawrence

text: and in Sydney. RCAF aircraft carried out operational patrols from RCAF stations such as Mont-Joli, Bagotville, Chatham, Mount Pleasant, Charlottetown, Summerside, Debert, Stanley and Sydney as well as various civilian fields, particularly in the Magdalen Islands. Residents along the Gaspé coast and the St. Lawrence River and Gulf of St. Lawrence were startled at the sight of maritime warfare off their shores, with ships on fire and explosions rattling their communities, while bodies and debris floated ashore. The Canadian government's wartime secrecy saw censors forbid media reporting of incidents; so the only news came from local gossip. Blackouts were strictly

title: Gulf of Saint Lawrence

text: The gulf flows into the Atlantic Ocean through the following outlets: The limits of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence vary between sources. The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence as follows: <poem>"On the Northeast." A line running from Cape Bauld (North point of Kirpon Island, ) to the East extreme of Belle Isle and on to the Northeast Ledge (). Thence a line joining this ledge with the East extreme of Cape St. Charles (52°13'N) in Labrador. "On the Southeast." A line from Cape Canso () to Red Point () in Cape Breton Island,

title: Sugar Island (St. Lawrence River)

text: and has for over 75 years. Canoeists, kayakers and sailors come to visit from around the world and participate in longstanding competitions. Sugar Island (St. Lawrence River) Sugar Island is located in the Thousand Islands region of the St. Lawrence River in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario. It is roughly of undeveloped island wilderness. In the 1950s the local nautical charts changed the name from St. Lawrence Island to the name the island has now, Sugar Island. In the late 19th century the island was inhabited the year round by a farming family, and the maple trees

title: Sugar Island (St. Lawrence River)

text: Sugar Island (St. Lawrence River) Sugar Island is located in the Thousand Islands region of the St. Lawrence River in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario. It is roughly of undeveloped island wilderness. In the 1950s the local nautical charts changed the name from St. Lawrence Island to the name the island has now, Sugar Island. In the late 19th century the island was inhabited the year round by a farming family, and the maple trees were tapped for syrup, which gave Sugar Island its current name. The American Canoe Association holds its annual meet here every summer

title: Saint Lawrence River

text: physiographic division, and not part of the Appalachian division at all. The Norse explored the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in the 11th century and were followed by fifteenth and early sixteenth century European mariners, such as John Cabot, and the brothers Gaspar and Miguel Corte-Real. The first European explorer known to have sailed up the Saint Lawrence River itself was Jacques Cartier. At that time, the land along the river was inhabited by the St. Lawrence Iroquoians; at the time of Cartier's second voyage in 1535. Because Cartier arrived in the estuary on Saint Lawrence's feast day, he named it

title: Gulf of St. Lawrence lowland forests

text: than the islands or the sheltered inland valleys. The colder climate allows more hardwood trees to grow in the Gulf of St Lawrence than in most of this part of northeast North America. Trees of the region include eastern hemlock ("Tsuga canadensis"), balsam fir ("Abies balsamea"), American elm ("Ulmus americana"), black ash ("Fraxinus nigra"), eastern white pine ("Pinus strobus"), red maple, ("Acer rubrum") northern red oak ("Quercus rubra"), black spruce ("Picea mariana"), red spruce ("Picea rubens") and white spruce ("Picea glauca"). The forests are home to a variety of wildlife from reptiles including American black bear ("Ursus americanus"), moose ("Alces

title: Miramichi River

text: a distance of approximately 70 km inland from the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The two branches combine at Newcastle where the river becomes navigable to ocean-going vessels. The estuarine portion of the Miramichi River downriver from Newcastle in the city of Miramichi flows through a drowned river valley. Sea level rise in Miramichi Bay has flooded the mouth of the Miramichi River with saltwater. The estuary comprises the inner portion of Miramichi Bay and is protected from ocean storms in the Gulf of St. Lawrence by barrier islands. The estuary is significant in that it is a highly productive ecosystem,

title: Gulf St Vincent

text: The Gulf teems with crustacea and polychaeta, as well as various species of sea squirts and sea urchins. The benthos is a soft sediment shelf, with species of zosteraceae around the mouth of the Port River. The cardinalfish genus Vincentia takes it sname from Gulf St Vinvcent where the type specimen of its type species was collected. Gulf St Vincent Gulf St Vincent is a large inlet of water on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia. It is bordered by Yorke Peninsula on its west, the mainland and Fleurieu Peninsula to its east and with

title: Black River and St. Lawrence Railway

text: was completed in 1889. Black River and St. Lawrence Railway The Black River and St. Lawrence Railway was a historic railroad in New York. Its history can be traced to 1866 when George Gilbert of Carthage, New York received a charter to build a railroad from Carthage in Jefferson County to the Oswegatchie River, at or near Harrisville, in Lewis County. Preliminary surveys began in the fall of 1866. It was incorporated on June 30, 1868. The company was organized as the Black River and St. Lawrence Railway. Construction was contracted to the Row, Fields & Co., of Brockville, Ontario.

title: Black River and St. Lawrence Railway

text: Black River and St. Lawrence Railway The Black River and St. Lawrence Railway was a historic railroad in New York. Its history can be traced to 1866 when George Gilbert of Carthage, New York received a charter to build a railroad from Carthage in Jefferson County to the Oswegatchie River, at or near Harrisville, in Lewis County. Preliminary surveys began in the fall of 1866. It was incorporated on June 30, 1868. The company was organized as the Black River and St. Lawrence Railway. Construction was contracted to the Row, Fields & Co., of Brockville, Ontario. Construction began on April

title: Gulf of Saint Lawrence

text: at the continental slope and are slowly advected up the channel by estuariane circulation. Over the 20th century, the bottom waters of the end of the channel (i.e. in the Saint Lawrence estuary) have become hypoxic. The gulf has provided a historically important marine fishery for various First Nations that have lived on its shores for millennia and used its waters for transportation. The first documented voyage by a European in its waters was by the French explorer Jacques Cartier in the year 1534. Cartier named the shores of the Saint Lawrence River "The Country of Canadas", after an indigenous

title: St Lawrence Bay

text: is home to Stone Sailing Club and to a watersports club. St Lawrence Bay St Lawrence Bay is a village in Essex, UK. It is in an area known as the Dengie Hundred, next to the River Blackwater. The village is now known as St Lawrence, Essex which comprises the two settlements of St Lawrence Bay and Ramsey Island. The population is included in the civil parish of Steeple. St Lawrence has the local nickname of 'Stone'. St Lawrence Parish Council meets monthly in St Lawrence Church Hall In the past the village was known as St Lawrence Newland a

title: St Lawrence Bay

text: St Lawrence Bay St Lawrence Bay is a village in Essex, UK. It is in an area known as the Dengie Hundred, next to the River Blackwater. The village is now known as St Lawrence, Essex which comprises the two settlements of St Lawrence Bay and Ramsey Island. The population is included in the civil parish of Steeple. St Lawrence has the local nickname of 'Stone'. St Lawrence Parish Council meets monthly in St Lawrence Church Hall In the past the village was known as St Lawrence Newland a reference to clearing the forest to make way for farming that

title: Black River and St. Lawrence Railway

text: St.L.R.R." was lettered in the fancy elongated oval panel under the cab window. The stack was of a funnel shape. The tender had a 120" frame with a 112" tank and 33" wheels for wood rails, and arrived in August 1869. There is a builder photo in the Harold K. Vollrath Collection. The company was reorganized as the Carthage and Adirondack Railway in the spring of 1883 after a mine owner in Jayville acquired the Black River and St. Lawrence Railway. He planned to extend the rails from Little River in St. Lawrence County to Jayville. Construction of the extension

title: St. Lawrence County, New York

text: St. Lawrence County, New York St. Lawrence County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 111,944. The county seat is Canton. The county is named for the Saint Lawrence River, which in turn was named for the Christian saint Lawrence of Rome, on whose Feast day the river was discovered by French explorer Jacques Cartier. St. Lawrence County comprises the Ogdensburg-Massena, NY Micropolitan Statistical Area. St. Lawrence County is New York's largest county by area. When counties were established in New York State in 1683, the present St. Lawrence

title: St. Lawrence Reservation

text: longer under the jurisdiction of the Conservation Department's Division of Lands and Forests. The former reservation's parks are today managed by the Thousand Islands Region of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, along with additional state parks along the St. Lawrence River that were procured after the creation of the Thousand Islands State Park Commission. St. Lawrence Reservation The St. Lawrence Reservation (originally known as the State Reservation on the St. Lawrence) was a former protected area established by the state of New York in the Thousand Islands region along the St. Lawrence River in

title: Church of St Lawrence, Wick St. Lawrence

text: subsequently became Lord to the Manors of both Congresbury and Wick St Lawrence) arranged the pulpit's relocation. Church of St Lawrence, Wick St. Lawrence The Anglican Church of St Lawrence, Wick St. Lawrence in the English County of Somerset dates mainly from the 15th century. It has been designated as a Grade II* listed building. The parish Church of Saint Lawrence dates mainly from the 15th century. It is built largely of pink or grey Lias limestone combined with other local limestones and sandstones. The church was struck by lightning in 1791 which caused cracks to open in the tower

title: St. Lawrence County, New York

text: Trump carried the county by an eight-point margin. The following public use airports are located in the county: St. Lawrence County, New York St. Lawrence County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 111,944. The county seat is Canton. The county is named for the Saint Lawrence River, which in turn was named for the Christian saint Lawrence of Rome, on whose Feast day the river was discovered by French explorer Jacques Cartier. St. Lawrence County comprises the Ogdensburg-Massena, NY Micropolitan Statistical Area. St. Lawrence County is New York's

title: Saint Lawrence River

text: outflow of Lake Ontario and flows adjacent to Gananoque, Brockville, Morristown, Ogdensburg, Massena, Cornwall, Montreal, Trois-Rivières, and Quebec City before draining into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, the largest estuary in the world. The estuary begins at the eastern tip of Île d'Orléans, just downstream from Quebec City. The river becomes tidal around Quebec City. The Saint Lawrence River runs from the farthest headwater to the mouth and from the outflow of Lake Ontario. These numbers include the estuary; without the estuary the length from Lake Ontario is ca. 500 km (ca. 300 mi). The farthest headwater is the North

text: Church of St Lawrence, Wick St. Lawrence The Anglican Church of St Lawrence, Wick St. Lawrence in the English County of Somerset dates mainly from the 15th century. It has been designated as a Grade II* listed building. The parish Church of Saint Lawrence dates mainly from the 15th century. It is built largely of pink or grey Lias limestone combined with other local limestones and sandstones. The church was struck by lightning in 1791 which caused cracks to open in the tower which was then reinforced with iron bands. Further deterioration required major restoration in 1864–1865 by Foster and

title: Wick St. Lawrence

text: Wick St. Lawrence Wick St. Lawrence is a civil parish and village in Somerset, England. It falls within the unitary authority of North Somerset. The population of the parish, which includes Bourton, in the 2011 census was 1,331. The parish of Wick St Lawrence was part of the Winterstoke Hundred, while Bourton was in Portbury Hundred. The village lies near a small creek known as Slutspill near the River Yeo which was inundated in the Bristol Channel floods, 1607. The last wharf on the river was a pier connected by a spur to the former Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway

title: St. Lawrence, South Dakota

text: St. Lawrence, South Dakota St. Lawrence is a town in Hand County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 198 at the 2010 census. The first settlement at St. Lawrence was made in 1881. A post office has been in operation since 1882. The town was named after the Saint Lawrence River. St. Lawrence is located at (44.516955, -98.939025). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land. St. Lawrence has been assigned the ZIP code 57373 and the FIPS place code 57180. As of the census of 2010, there

title: St. Lawrence Iroquoians

text: discrete Iroquoian people were present in the St Lawrence Valley when Cartier arrived. The current anthropological convention is to designate these people St Lawrence Iroquoians, all the while being aware that on-going archaeological research indicates that several discrete Iroquoian political entities were present in a number of widely dispersed geographical regions on the St Lawrence River axis." As noted, anthropologists and some historians have used definitive linguistic and archaeological studies to reach consensus that the St. Lawrence Iroquoians were a people distinct from nations of the Iroquois Confederacy or the Huron, and likely consisted of numerous groups. Pendergast notes that

title: St. Lawrence Saints

text: six lighted tennis courts; lighted all weather track and lighted football/track stadium; 18-hole championship golf course and a boathouse on the St. Lawrence River in Waddington. Recreation facilities include jogging/walking trail, cross country/mountain bike trails, intramural fields, outdoor basketball and volleyball courts. Since 1996 the almost all of the athletic facilities have been renovated, replaced or recently constructed. In 2008 the Princeton Review ranked St. Lawrence with the 20th best athletic facilities in the country and was the only Division III institution ranked. St. Lawrence Saints The St. Lawrence Saints are composed of 33 teams representing St. Lawrence University in

title: St. Lawrence North

text: West Germany. St. Lawrence North St. Lawrence North is a Canadian documentary television series which first aired on CBC Television in 1960. This series of documentaries concerned the life and land north of the Saint Lawrence River, particularly in northern Quebec and Labrador. Topics featured in these films included hunting, First Nations lifestyles and the effects of industries such as mining in this region. This half-hour series was first broadcast on Saturdays at 5:00 p.m. from 2 July to 24 September 1960. It was rebroadcast at various times throughout the 1960s. "St. Lawrence North" was sold to broadcasters in Australia,

title: St. Lawrence North

text: St. Lawrence North St. Lawrence North is a Canadian documentary television series which first aired on CBC Television in 1960. This series of documentaries concerned the life and land north of the Saint Lawrence River, particularly in northern Quebec and Labrador. Topics featured in these films included hunting, First Nations lifestyles and the effects of industries such as mining in this region. This half-hour series was first broadcast on Saturdays at 5:00 p.m. from 2 July to 24 September 1960. It was rebroadcast at various times throughout the 1960s. "St. Lawrence North" was sold to broadcasters in Australia, Italy and

title: Battle of the St. Lawrence

text: hours. The submarine then rushed out of the Gulf for repairs. In late August, two U-boats made a joint raid on the St. Lawrence. sank nine ships and damaged another in a two-week period, escaping attacks by escort vessels each time and sinking the Flower-class corvette on 11 September. was less successful in attacking merchant shipping but it sank the armed yacht and heavily damaged . Eastern Air Command positioned itself to better defend the remaining convoys by establishing a "Special Submarine Hunting Detachment" of No. 113 Squadron RCAF in Chatham, New Brunswick. They made their first U-boat attack on

title: New St Lawrence Church, Ayot St Lawrence

text: New St Lawrence Church, Ayot St Lawrence St Lawrence Church is an eighteenth-century, neoclassical church in Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England. It is also known as New St Lawrence Church to distinguish it from the ruined Old St Lawrence Church. The church was commissioned by Sir Lionel Lyde, a merchant who had a country estate at Ayot St Lawrence. According to Historic England, construction was financed with profits from the slave trade. The architect was Nicholas Revett, the co-author of "The Antiquities of Athens and Other Monuments of Greece", a multi-volume publication which appeared from 1762. Revett had visited Greece

title: Gulf St Vincent Important Bird Area

text: Gulf St Vincent Important Bird Area The Gulf St Vincent Important Bird Area comprises land extending along the coast of Gulf St Vincent, north of Adelaide, South Australia. The Gulf St Vincent Important Bird Area (IBA) is a strip of coastline containing the continuous mudflats along the north and north-east of Gulf St Vincent north of Adelaide. It extends from Ardrossan in the north-west, around the head of the Gulf to the mouth of the Port River and Outer Harbor in Adelaide. The main habitats are intertidal mudflats, mangroves and two large saltworks, with some small coastal wetlands. Much of

title: St. Lawrence II

text: was opened to any participants ages 12–18 for a summer training cruises. The "St. Lawrence II's" home port is Kingston, Ontario. The ship sails mostly in the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River, but sometimes will venture as far as New York City. The success of the "St. Lawrence II" was the inspiration for the construction and launch of her Toronto-based sisterships STV Pathfinder (in 1962) and TS Playfair (in 1973), with both training vessels also being designed by Francis A. MacLachlan. Aboard the ship there are three watches: red, white and blue. Each watch is under the direction

title: St. Lawrence Iroquoians

text: of the St. Lawrence trade routes connecting to the Europeans. During this period, Champlain reported that the Algonquian peoples were fearful of the powerful Iroquois. The anthropologist Bruce G. Trigger believes the political dynamics were such that the Huron were unlikely to enter Iroquois territory to carry out an attack against the St. Lawrence people to the north. In the mid- to late-16th century, the St. Lawrence Valley was likely an area of open conflict among tribes closer to the river. Because nothing remained of their settlements, the St. Lawrence Iroquoians appeared to have been overwhelmed by other groups. Some

title: Ayot St Lawrence

text: Ayot St Lawrence Ayot St Lawrence is a small village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, between Harpenden and Welwyn. There are several other "Ayots" in the area, including Ayot Green and Ayot St Peter, where the census population of Ayot St Lawrence was included in 2011. George Bernard Shaw lived in the village, at Shaw's Corner, from 1906 until his death in 1950; his ashes are scattered there. The house is open to the public as a National Trust property. During the 1950s Zoe Dyke moved to Ayot House where she worked with British-farmed silk. Other residents of the village

title: Old St Lawrence Church, Ayot St Lawrence

text: maternal grandfather was rector of Ayot St Lawrence. The Earl was a Field marshal and his resting place is registered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, although he was not a casualty in the normal sense of the term. Old St Lawrence Church, Ayot St Lawrence Old St Lawrence Church is a ruined building in Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed and dates back to the 12th century. The building was partially demolished in 1775 by Sir Lionel Lyde. It was replaced as the village´s parish church by new St Lawrence Church, a neoclassical structure

text: mausoleum for Lionel Lyde and his wife Rachel. Lyde is alleged to have said of this arrangement that ‘since the Church united us in life, she can make amends by separating us in death’. The urns are raised on tall plinths and sheltered by aedicules. New St Lawrence Church, Ayot St Lawrence St Lawrence Church is an eighteenth-century, neoclassical church in Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England. It is also known as New St Lawrence Church to distinguish it from the ruined Old St Lawrence Church. The church was commissioned by Sir Lionel Lyde, a merchant who had a country estate

title: St. Lawrence Centre

text: the 2017 holiday season, the mall still faces other challenges. Bon-Ton closed in early 2018. St. Lawrence Centre St. Lawrence Centre is a shopping mall in Massena, New York, United States. It includes one anchor store, J.C. Penney, a few locally owned stores, and a post office. The mall was built in 1990 by the Heritage Company. At that time the Massena economy could support it, with a strong manufacturing base built around several local Alcoa plants and heavy cross-border shopping by Canadians from the area of Cornwall, Ontario, just across the St. Lawrence River. The cost of construction was

title: St. Lawrence Centre

text: St. Lawrence Centre St. Lawrence Centre is a shopping mall in Massena, New York, United States. It includes one anchor store, J.C. Penney, a few locally owned stores, and a post office. The mall was built in 1990 by the Heritage Company. At that time the Massena economy could support it, with a strong manufacturing base built around several local Alcoa plants and heavy cross-border shopping by Canadians from the area of Cornwall, Ontario, just across the St. Lawrence River. The cost of construction was $50 million. In 1995 it was sold to AP Massena Partners. During this time the

title: St. Lawrence, Pennsylvania

text: Pennsylvania Route 562 (St. Lawrence Avenue) is the main road through the community, leading east to Boyertown. PA 562 ends at the west end of St. Lawrence, where it intersects U.S. Route 422 Business, which continues west through Mount Penn into the city of Reading. Incorporated in 1927, the borough is named for the St. Lawrence Woolen Mill, founded by William Brumbach, which once operated in town. St. Lawrence was previously known as Esterly, named for Frank Esterly, the keeper of the defunct Black Bear Hotel. The Oley Turnpike ran through the town, which was the last privately owned toll

text: Old St Lawrence Church, Ayot St Lawrence Old St Lawrence Church is a ruined building in Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed and dates back to the 12th century. The building was partially demolished in 1775 by Sir Lionel Lyde. It was replaced as the village´s parish church by new St Lawrence Church, a neoclassical structure which Lyde had built on a nearby site. Although Lionel Lyde and his wife Rachel are commemorated at the new church, the old churchyard remained in use. Burials include Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan (1865 – 1946), whose

title: History of New Brunswick

text: Acadians began. Moncton was sent on the St. John River Campaign and the Petitcodiac River Campaign. Commander Rollo accomplished the Ile Saint-Jean Campaign. And Wolfe was sent on the Gulf of St. Lawrence Campaign. In the Gulf of St. Lawrence Campaign (1758), the British wanted to clear the Acadians from the villages along the Gulf of St. Lawrence to prevent any interference with the Siege of Quebec (1759). Fort Anne fell during the St. John River Campaign and following this, all of present-day New Brunswick came under British control. France ultimately lost control of all of its North American territories

title: Gulf of St. Lawrence Campaign (1758)

text: Quebec, which experienced a famine that winter. The following year the British were successful in the Siege of Quebec (1759). The Acadians also managed to continue to take refuge along the Baie des Chaleurs and the Restigouche River. Two years later the Governor of Cape Breton cautioned Lawrence about trying to remove any more of them for fear of retaliation by Mi'kmaw fighters. On the Restigouche River, Boishébert also had a refugee camp at Petit-Rochelle (which was located perhaps near present-day Pointe-à-la-Croix, Quebec). After Wolfe had left the area, the 1760 Battle of Restigouche led to the capture of several

title: Gulf Coast of the United States

text: Pensacola, St. Petersburg, Tampa, and increasingly, Sarasota. All are the centers of their respective metropolitan areas and contain large ports. (Baton Rouge is relatively far from the Gulf of Mexico; its port is on the Mississippi River, as is the port of New Orleans.) The Gulf Coast is made of many inlets, bays, and lagoons. The coast is also intersected by numerous rivers, the largest of which is the Mississippi River. Much of the land along the Gulf Coast is, or was, marshland. Ringing the Gulf Coast is the Gulf Coastal Plain which reaches from Southern Texas to the western

title: Parish of St Lawrence

text: nearly covers the entire width of the parish. Images of locations in the Parish of St Lawrence: Parish of St Lawrence St Lawrence Parish is one of the 57 parishes of Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia, a cadastral unit for use on land titles. It is one of the four small parishes in the Sydney city area. Unlike the other three parishes, St Lawrence was not named after a church, but instead due to confusion over the naming, the parish gave its name to the Christ Church St Laurence. This had been controversial in the 19th century, as it

title: Geography of New Brunswick

text: river on the North American eastern seaboard between the St. Lawrence River and the Mississippi River. The northern seacoast, along Miramichi Bay, the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Bay of Chaleur is called the North Shore, a region predominately Francophone, but with sizable English-speaking communities New Brunswick lies entirely within the Appalachian Mountain range, a chain of ancient, eroded mountains which have created river valleys and low, gently rolling hills throughout large parts of the province. The eastern and central part of the province consists of the New Brunswick Lowland within the Gulf of St. Lawrence lowland forests ecoregion,

title: St. Lawrence Reservation

text: intended to facilitate picnicking and camping by boaters on the St. Lawrence River. To this end, the state quickly enacted improvements on their new lands. By the close of 1899, most of the parks included piers suitable for steamboats, docks for smaller watercraft, and pavilions. To prevent wildfires, cooking stoves were constructed at most parks for use of campers. In 1911, the reservation's name was officially adopted as the "St. Lawrence Reservation", and the area was simultaneously expanded to include portions of Lake Ontario adjacent to Jefferson County, including several bays (Chaumont Bay, Guffins Bay, Black River Bay and Henderson

title: St. Lawrence Iroquoians

text: to push the farming Indians south. Archaeological evidence and the historical context of the time point most strongly to wars with the neighbouring Iroquois tribes, particularly the Mohawk. Located in eastern and central New York, they had the most to gain in war against the St. Lawrence Iroquians, as they had the least advantageous territorial position in the area in relation to hunting and the fur trade along the St. Lawrence River. French trading was then based at "Tadoussac", downstream at the mouth of the Saguenay River, within the territory of the "Innu". The Mohawk wanted to get more control

title: Ben St Lawrence

text: where he competed in the senior men's race; finishing 126th in at time 39minutes and twoseconds. He then competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and finished 7th in both the 5,000metres and the 10,000metres. At the 2011 World Championships St Lawrence competed in the 5000metres and finished 11th in his heat and therefore did not progress to the final. Also in 2011 was the World Cross Country Championships where St Lawrence finished 60th, 66 places better than his previous World Cross Country Championships. For the 2012 Summer Olympics, St Lawrence qualified for the 10,000metres on the first day of the

title: Grasse River

text: of Massena to the eastern borders, where the old Massena Power Canal connects with the river. This canal was constructed by the Pittsburgh Reduction Company (now Alcoa) in the 1900s. The canal connects the Grasse River with the St. Lawrence River and was used to supply a hydropower dam. The dam was one of the first ten hydro-dams built in the United States, operating until 1956 when the St. Lawrence River was flooded for the St. Lawrence Seaway Project. The St. Lawrence River end of the canal is blocked off by a massive wall, known as the Massena Intake (the

title: Natashquan River

text: Natashquan River The Natashquan is a river in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador. The river has its source just south of the boundary between the Atlantic and Saint Lawrence river watersheds. It flows south-east to the Labrador–Quebec border from where it flows southward. In Quebec, the river forms the boundary between the Minganie and Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipalities before draining into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, about east from Sept-Îles. The name is of Innu origin, who call it "Nutahquaniu Hipu", meaning "river where black bear is hunted". Together with the Moisie River, the Natashquan is

title: St Lawrence, Queensland

text: St Lawrence, Queensland St Lawrence is a small town and locality in Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Isaac Region local government area. In the 2011 census, St Lawrence had a population of 396 people. St Lawrence is located north of Brisbane and off the Bruce Highway.The town is located south of St Lawrence Creek, which flows into a vast bay known as Broad Sound, a waterway noted for its large tidal range (up to in the summer). The North Coast railway line passes through the town, which is served by St Lawrence railway station. The township of St

title: St. Marks River

text: lighthouse are located near the mouth of the river, while the City of Tallahassee's Sam O. Purdom Generating Plant is located on the river in St. Marks. St. Marks River The St. Marks River is a river in the Big Bend region of Florida. It has been classified by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection as an Outstanding Florida Water, and is the easternmost river within the Northwest Florida Water Management District. The St. Marks River begins in eastern Leon County, Florida and flows through Leon and Wakulla counties into Apalachee Bay, an arm of the Gulf of Mexico. It

title: St Lawrence, Queensland

text: Truth, Honesty'. St Lawrence, Queensland St Lawrence is a small town and locality in Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Isaac Region local government area. In the 2011 census, St Lawrence had a population of 396 people. St Lawrence is located north of Brisbane and off the Bruce Highway.The town is located south of St Lawrence Creek, which flows into a vast bay known as Broad Sound, a waterway noted for its large tidal range (up to in the summer). The North Coast railway line passes through the town, which is served by St Lawrence railway station. The township

title: St. Lawrence Seminary High School

text: faculty-student softball game. The afternoon ends with the traditional "Tower Shower" where seniors toss water balloons (some containing money) off the top of the four story tower. Since 1860 there have been over 5,000 alumni of the Convent Latin School, St. Lawrence College, St. Francis Brothers' School, and St. Lawrence Seminary. Over 1,500 have been priests. The 3,500 lay alumni have entered a great variety of professions, many have been in involved in active ministry in the Catholic Church. St. Lawrence Seminary High School St. Lawrence Seminary High School is a preparatory high school operated by the Province of St.

title: Parish of St Lawrence

text: Parish of St Lawrence St Lawrence Parish is one of the 57 parishes of Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia, a cadastral unit for use on land titles. It is one of the four small parishes in the Sydney city area. Unlike the other three parishes, St Lawrence was not named after a church, but instead due to confusion over the naming, the parish gave its name to the Christ Church St Laurence. This had been controversial in the 19th century, as it meant the Anglican church was given a Catholic saint's name. The area of the parish includes Central

title: Hospital of St Lawrence, Acton

text: the Welsh Row in Wich Malbanke". Hospital of St Lawrence, Acton The Hospital of St Lawrence, variously known as St Lawrence's Hospital, the Hospice of St Lawrence and the free Chapel and Hospice of St Lawrence and St James, was a medieval house for lepers outside the town of Nantwich, Cheshire, England. It was located to the west of the town, on what is now Welsh Row, within the parish of Acton. St Lawrence's later became a hospital for the infirm poor. Dissolved in 1548, the hospital's land and property was purchased by the Wright family. One of its buildings

title: Hospital of St Lawrence, Acton

text: Hospital of St Lawrence, Acton The Hospital of St Lawrence, variously known as St Lawrence's Hospital, the Hospice of St Lawrence and the free Chapel and Hospice of St Lawrence and St James, was a medieval house for lepers outside the town of Nantwich, Cheshire, England. It was located to the west of the town, on what is now Welsh Row, within the parish of Acton. St Lawrence's later became a hospital for the infirm poor. Dissolved in 1548, the hospital's land and property was purchased by the Wright family. One of its buildings was subsequently used for dwellings. Few

title: St Lawrence, Isle of Wight

text: St Lawrence, Isle of Wight St Lawrence is a village on the south side of the Isle of Wight, in southern England. It is located to the west of Ventnor and many consider it a part of that town. St Lawrence is situated on the Undercliff, and is subject to frequent landslips. The village is a strip along the coast next to the English Channel, nearby bays include: Woody Bay, Mount Bay and Orchard Bay. The area of the village is around in size. St. Lawrence is much older than Ventnor dating back to at least the Middle Ages. The

title: Church of St Lawrence, Alton

text: parish centre is St Lawrence Hall, which was built 100 m south of the church in 1970. Church of St Lawrence, Alton The Church of St Lawrence, Alton is an Anglican parish church in Alton, Hampshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building and is notable both for the range of its architecture and for being the site of the concluding action of the Battle of Alton during the English Civil War. The Church of St Lawrence, like many older English churches, is an amalgam of styles resulting from repeated additions and extensions being made down the centuries. In

title: St. Marks River

text: St. Marks River The St. Marks River is a river in the Big Bend region of Florida. It has been classified by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection as an Outstanding Florida Water, and is the easternmost river within the Northwest Florida Water Management District. The St. Marks River begins in eastern Leon County, Florida and flows through Leon and Wakulla counties into Apalachee Bay, an arm of the Gulf of Mexico. It has a drainage basin of in size. It has one significant tributary, the Wakulla River. A few miles south of its source the St. Marks passes under

title: St Lawrence Lime

text: St Lawrence Lime The St Lawrence Lime Tree was a at the St Lawrence Ground in Canterbury, Kent, England. It was located within the boundary ropes of the cricket pitch which required special rules. In 2005, it was broken in two in high winds. It is not known when the tree was planted but it is known that it was already full-grown in its location in 1847, when the St Lawrence Ground was opened. The St Lawrence Ground was built around the tree, which was located within the boundary ropes. As a result of the St Lawrence Ground being the

title: Gulf of St. Lawrence Campaign (1758)

text: five others were taken as prisoners. From Gaspe Bay, on September 14, Wolfe sent Major John Dalling to march along the shore up the St. Lawrence. There he reached Mont-Louis, Quebec on September 23, after marching for eleven days. Along the way they took four prisoners. The seigneur was Michel Mahiet (Maillet). When they arrived at the village they burned 16 buildings and 5 fishing vessels. Dalling managed to capture Monsieur Mahiet and his wife along with 22 men, 4 women and 14 children. Destroying the villages destroyed the valuable French fishery along the coast and cut off supply to

title: Basilica of St. Lawrence, Enns

text: Basilica of St. Lawrence, Enns The Basilica of St. Lawrence () also called Former Cathedral of St. Lawrence is a Catholic church located in the district of Lorch, Enns city in Upper Austria, part of the European country of Austria. It was a cathedral church and is now a minor basilica. It belongs to Enns-Lorch deanery in the Diocese of Linz. The church is a listed building. The Basilica of St. Lawrence rises above the remains of their Roman predecessors, which were discovered during archaeological excavations between 1960 and 1966. The oldest building - a Roman noble house - dating