St. Lawrence Seaway

American  

noun

1. a series of channels, locks, and canals between Montreal and the mouth of Lake Ontario, a distance of 182 miles (293 km), enabling most deep-draft vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean, up the St. Lawrence River, to all the Great Lakes ports: developed jointly by the U.S. and Canada.

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St. Lawrence Seaway

Workers at St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp have decided to go on strike on Sunday after failing to reach an agreement on wages, the Canadian labor union Unifor said.

From Reuters ● Oct. 23, 2023

This summer, the 261-foot oceanographic research vessel will make its way from the Great Lakes to the Pacific via the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Panama Canal, stopping for testing and research along the way.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 22, 2014

In 1932, the United States and Canada signed a treaty to develop the St. Lawrence Seaway.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 18, 2011

The newlyweds arrived in Quebec City Sunday morning on a Canadian navy frigate after an overnight trip from Montreal down the picturesque St. Lawrence Seaway.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 4, 2011

Once again he was excited about the completion of the St. Lawrence Seaway, and he stopped referring to me altogether because I hadn’t been born.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides