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Saint Lawrence Seaway

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noun

  1. an inland waterway of North America, passing through the Great Lakes, the St Lawrence River, and connecting canals and locks: one of the most important waterways in the world. Length: 3993 km (2480 miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In October, they met at Portside Distillery in the Flats area of downtown Cleveland, near where Mr. Schlicht then worked as the Great Lakes regional representative for the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.

From New York Times Jul. 31, 2020

Mr. Flyntz held administrative positions for the Coast Guard and Saint Lawrence Seaway Development, a Transportation Department agency, before rejoining the Merchant Marine around the late 1980s to do logistics work for its Washington office.

From Washington Post Nov. 28, 2015

They left high seas in the North Atlantic for a 26-hour shift through the locks of the Saint Lawrence Seaway.

From Washington Times Sep. 27, 2014

Bateman found that the waters flowed down the Mackenzie River, Canada's longest, rather than the Saint Lawrence Seaway that had previously seemed the most likely route.

From Reuters Mar. 31, 2010

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