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Valleyfield

American  
[val-ee-feeld] / ˈvæl iˌfild /

noun

  1. a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, SW of Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.


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The seaway experienced a first catastrophe last year, when a lift bridge at Valleyfield, Que., jammed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Jack told me all the Valleyfield gossip, not forgetting to mention that Mary Carter was going to be married to a minister in June.

From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

Tell me all the Thrush Hill and Valleyfield news, tell me everything that has happened since I left.

From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

Rodin, with a detachment at Valleyfield, guarded the canals.

From Troublous Times in Canada A History of the Fenian Raids of 1866 and 1870 by MacDonald, John A. (John Alexander)

The mill-owners at Valleyfield, he said, had lined up their operatives and had given them the option of voting for Bergeron or getting out.

From Laurier: A Study in Canadian Politics by Dafoe, J. W. (John Wesley)

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