St. Marys

American  

[mair-eez] / ˈmɛər iz /

noun

1. a river in SE Georgia, forming the E border with Florida, flowing from the Okefenokee Swamp E to the Atlantic Ocean. 175 miles (282 km) long.

2. a river in E Michigan, an outlet for Lake Superior, forming part of the border with Ontario, Canada, flowing S and SE past Sault Ste. Marie, where its falls have been bypassed by canals, to Lake Huron. 63 miles (101 km) long.

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Example Sentences

On May 5, 1886, however, Sporting Life magazine published a letter from Dr. Adam Ford, the former mayor of St. Marys, Ontario, who wrote that he had witnessed a contest in Beachville nearly a half-century earlier that “closely resembled our present national game.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The event was created by 15-year-old Lauren from St Marys Youth Centre after hearing how girls in the island sometimes faced barriers getting into sports.

From BBC

Stratford, population 31,400, is considered the capital of Shakespearean theater in Canada, whereas adjacent St. Marys, with 7,200 residents, is home to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.

From Seattle Times

Metropolitans coach Muldoon left St. Marys to attend college and study for his law degree in McCann’s hometown under his birth name of Linton Muldoon Treacy before leaving for the West Coast to pursue professional hockey and boxing.

From Seattle Times

Like Muldoon, whose first pro playing venture after leaving St. Marys came with a Vancouver, B.C., team, McCann’s first NHL gig after leaving Stratford came with the Vancouver Canucks after they drafted him in the first round.

From Seattle Times