Saguenay

American  

[sag-uh-nay] / ˌsæg əˈneɪ /

noun

1. a river in SE Canada, in Quebec, flowing SE from Lake St. John to the St. Lawrence. 125 miles (200 km) long.

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Saguenay British  

/ ˌsæɡəˈneɪ /

noun

1. a river in SE Canada in S Quebec, rising as the Péribonca River on the central plateau and flowing south, then east to the St Lawrence. Length: 764 km (475 miles)

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Saguenay

He said his community's evacuees have been welcomed in Saguenay, a city of 145,000 people, where they have spent the past few days at makeshift shelters set up in local colleges, sleeping on military beds.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2023

Air Saguenay President Jean Tremblay said Tuesday the de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver was carrying four fishermen, two guides and the pilot.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 16, 2019

About 2½ hours north of the city, cycle the scenic perimeter of Lake St.-Jean along the 154-mile-long Blueberry Trail or explore the Saguenay Fjord by kayak.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 31, 2019

Mr. Fillion, the son of teachers from Saguenay, in northern Quebec, entered Quebec City’s talk-radio landscape in the 1990s.

From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2018

The next point at which we touched golf was Tadousac, a watering-place at the mouth of the famed Saguenay River which runs into the St. Lawrence.

From Fifty Years of Golf by Horace G. Hutchinson

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