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Lachine

American  
[luh-sheen, la-sheen] / ləˈʃin, laˈʃin /

noun

  1. a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Quebec, on the St. Lawrence.


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James and Dorothy met during World War II at an ice arena in Lachine, Quebec.

From Seattle Times Oct. 10, 2022

Catch the roughly nine-mile bike path that follows the park-buffered Lachine Canal past the grain silos that attest to the area’s industrial heritage, repurposed warehouses and plenty of new construction.

From New York Times Sep. 27, 2018

Environmentally friendly, electricity-powered boats will take you on excursions along Montreal’s Old Port, soon to be the site of a new cruise line dock, or the Lachine Canal.

From Washington Times Dec. 8, 2016

They settled in Lachine, outside Montreal, where Abraham tried farming, and where, in 1915, Saul was born.

From The New Yorker May 4, 2015

We must see "Big John," famous now for years as wheelsman of the great excursion boats that shoot the rage of waters at Lachine.

From Careers of Danger and Daring by Cleveland Moffett

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