st. lawrence

     

A river linking the great lakes & the Atlantic Ocean bears the name of this saint who was martyred by the Romans in 258

Trivia about st. lawrence

  • The boulevard dividing Montreal East from West shares this name with Montreal's river
  • Explorer Jacques Cartier called it the "River of Canada"
  • Since August 10 was this saint's day, Cartier named the bay he discovered that day in 1535 after him
  • The Jacques Cartier Bridge spans this river
  • Exceeded only by the Mackenzie, it's Canada's second-longest river if you include the seaway
  • Quebec's Anticosti Island, at the mouth of this river, is the site of a provincial park
  • Lake St. Francis on the border of Ontario & Quebec is actually just a wide spot in this river
  • Called the mother of Canada, it includes Lake St. Louis & Lac St.-Pierre
  • This gulf of the Atlantic is between Newfoundland & the Canadian mainland
  • This river flows 800 miles between the U.S. & Canada
  • On his second voyage over, Jacques Cartier thought this river was the best choice for a route to Asia
  • Prince Edward Island is in the Gulf of this saint
  • The thousand islands of salad dressing fame are in this river
  • Brian Mulroney, "The Boy From Baie Comeau", grew up along the north banks of this river in Quebec
  • Beginning in the 1600s, the colony called New France was based around this river explored by Jacques Cartier
  • Young Cook's charts of this river's estuary were vital to the British victory at Quebec in 1759
  • Montreal & Quebec City

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