Richelieu River

British  

/ ˈrɪʃəˌljɜː, riʃəljø /

noun

1. a river in E Canada, in S Quebec, rising in Lake Champlain and flowing north to the St Lawrence River. Length: 338 km (210 miles)

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Richelieu River

This passage, first projected in 1902, would follow the Hudson as far as the Champlain Canal, thence through Lake Champlain to the Richelieu River, which would be dredged to the St. Lawrence.

From Time Magazine Archive

Burgoyne was to go through Richelieu River and Lake Champlain by boats; thence march to New York by land.3.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide by Sylvester, Charles Herbert

With the same object in view, Champlain, in 1609, explored the Richelieu River and Lake Champlain.

From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: History by Ontario. Ministry of Education

Dragging on sleds the needed supplies, they march up the Richelieu River and over the frozen surface of Lake Champlain.

From The Conquest of New France A chronicle of the colonial wars by Wrong, George McKinnon

From the northern end of the lake flows the Richelieu River, which follows a straight course through Canada to the St. Lawrence, into which it empties.

From The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 by Jackson, W. C.