Valleyfield

American

[val-ee-feeld] / ˈvæl iˌfild /

noun

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

Example Sentences

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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)

I was provoked at Jack's determination to settle down for life in Valleyfield, a horrible, humdrum, little country village.

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

The cotton industry, which is well organised and financially strong, has its largest centres at Montreal and Valleyfield, Quebec.

From Canada by Bourinot, John George, Sir

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