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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notes for St. Lawrence River
Important trade route. The St. Lawrence Seaway, a system of locks, allows oceangoing ships to pass between the Atlantic and the Great Lakes.
Words nearby St. Lawrence River
St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, S.T.L., St.-Lambert, St. Laurent, St. Lawrence, St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence Seaway, St.-Léonard, stlg., St. Lô, St. Louis
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