St. Lawrence River

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River flowing northeast from Lake Ontario to the Atlantic Ocean. Ontario and Quebec, Canada, and New York state are along its banks.

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Important trade route. The St. Lawrence Seaway, a system of locks, allows oceangoing ships to pass between the Atlantic and the Great Lakes.

On his first voyage he sailed up the St. Lawrence river and established friendly relations with the native chiefs.
Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery|Clifton Armstrong Howes
He betook himself out on to the Terraces overlooking the slowly freezing waterway of the great St. Lawrence river.
The Man in the Twilight|Ridgwell Cullum
When the St. Lawrence River is frozen over, one can see numbers of ice-boats skimming along with their loads of happy passengers.
Little Folks of North America|Mary Hazelton Wade
In one of the most beautiful and thriving towns along the St. Lawrence River lived a rich merchant.
The Priest, The Woman And The Confessional|Father Chiniquy

With trembling limbs, and throbbing hearts we fled towards the St. Lawrence river.
Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal|Sarah J Richardson