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The St. Lawrence River and the largest tributaries of the Great Lakes. The St. Lawrence River tributaries are listed upstream from the mouth. The major tributaries of the inter-lake sections are also shown, as well as the major rivers that flow into the Great Lakes. Great Lakes tributaries are listed in alphabetical order.
Cartier named the shores of the St. Lawrence River "The Country of Canadas", after an indigenous word meaning "village" or "settlement", thus naming the world's second largest country. [57] Basque whalers from Saint-Jean-de-Luz sailed into the Gulf of St. Lawrence in 1530 and began whaling at Red Bay. [58]
The Thousand Islands archipelago is at the outlet of Lake Ontario at the head of the Saint Lawrence River.The region is bisected by the Canada–United States border and covers portions of Jefferson and St. Lawrence counties in the U.S. state of New York, in addition to parts of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville and Frontenac County in the Canadian province of Ontario.
Crossing Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade (Chemin du Roy). Route 138 is a major highway in the Canadian province of Quebec, following the entire north shore of the St. Lawrence River past Montreal to the temporary eastern terminus in Kegashka on the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
It is the westernmost of the three St. Lawrence River crossings, and is very busy, with up to two-hour waits in the summer. [8] The US border station at Alexandria Bay is sometimes called Thousand Islands. The Canada border station of Lansdowne is sometimes called Gananoque, for the nearby town where international ferry service is provided ...
St. Lawrence River Estuary stretches from west to east for 655 km, from the outlet of Lake Saint Pierre to Pointe-des-Monts, [1] where it becomes the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in Quebec, Canada. The estuary is divided into 3 parts: the fluvial estuary , the middle estuary and the maritime estuary .
The South Y approach was rebuilt around the Saint-Lambert locks of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1961. [ 10 ] M At the north end of Champlain Bridge, two spans, one north-south (aut. 15 and 20) and one east-west (aut.
This is a route-map template for the St. Lawrence River, a waterway in Canada.. For a key to symbols, see {{waterways legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.