St. Lawrence River
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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.
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The finale at the St. Lawrence River is an FFS tournament, which is part of the reason for the mega-sized smallmouth being weighed in at the riverside hamlet of Clayton, N.Y.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Advocates have identified 12 wolves south of the St. Lawrence River, a natural obstacle for packs in Canada, since 1993.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
The Akwesasne reserve straddles both sides of the St. Lawrence River, with land in Ontario and Quebec on the Canadian side, and New York.
From Reuters ● Apr. 2, 2023
The bodies were found Wednesday and Thursday near the St. Lawrence River in the Mohawk Territory of Akwesasne in southern Canada.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2023
That was where the Quints were and the St. Lawrence River.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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