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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

And there are pilots, it appears, who know the Lachine Rapids, every foot of them, and could do Ouillette's work perfectly if Ouillette were standing near, yet would fail utterly if left alone.

From Careers of Danger and Daring by Moffett, Cleveland

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