St. Lawrence
Great Lakes outlet
St.
Lawrence most often refers to the St.
Lawrence River, the great waterway connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and forming part of the U.S.-Canada border, or to the Gulf of St.
Lawrence, where the river meets the sea.
The name honors Lawrence of Rome, a third-century Christian martyr.
St.
Lawrence also names counties, towns, and islands throughout North America: The St. Lawrence Seaway opened the Great Lakes to ocean shipping.
Maritime shipping route
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
- Great LakesFive connected inland seas
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
- channelPassage for transmission
currents · tributaries · rapids · locks · freshwater · watershed · sediment · navigable
Holy figure guarding devotees
- canonizationOfficial declaration of sainthood
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- pietySincere religious devotion
miracles · sanctity · relics · altar · church · pilgrimage · liturgy · sacred
French-speaking Canadian province
- MontrealQuebec's chief city
- OntarioCanada's most populous province
- OttawaCanada's seat of government
- KingstonCaribbean nation's capital
Maritimes · Atlantic Canada · Canadian Shield · Francophone · Anglophone · First Nations · Inuit · Métis
Cooking surface over fire
- deaconJunior clergy member
- ValerianLatin-origin male name
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- executionCompleting a planned task
Roman Empire · faith · suffering · courage · relics · feast day · archdeacon · gridiron
- New FranceFrench North American colony
- voyageJourney by sea
- discoveryAct of finding something
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
Samuel de Champlain · navigator · colonization · map · territory · frontier · settlers · trade routes
seaway
Maritime shipping route
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
- Great LakesFive connected inland seas
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
channel · currents · tributaries · rapids · locks · freshwater · watershed · sediment · navigable · delta
patron saint
Holy figure guarding devotees
- canonizationOfficial declaration of sainthood
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
piety · miracles · sanctity · relics · altar · church · pilgrimage · liturgy · sacred · devotion
Quebec
French-speaking Canadian province
Kingston · Maritimes · Atlantic Canada · Canadian Shield · Francophone · Anglophone · First Nations · Inuit · Métis · poutine
grill
Cooking surface over fire
- deaconJunior clergy member
- ValerianLatin-origin male name
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
execution · Roman Empire · faith · suffering · courage · relics · feast day · archdeacon · gridiron · fire
Jacques Cartier
- New FranceFrench North American colony
- voyageJourney by sea
- discoveryAct of finding something
Samuel de Champlain · expedition · navigator · colonization · map · territory · frontier · settlers · trade routes · compass
- Canadian GeographyAlberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland
- riversMississippi, Amazon, river, rivers, Nile
- Border WatersRhine, Danube, Rio Grande, Mekong, Congo
- Canadian EnvironmentCanadian Shield, boreal forest, boreal forests, Great Lakes, prairies
- MontrealMontreal, Old Montreal, Verdun, Montreal Canadiens, Olympic Stadium
- New FranceAcadia, Quebec, Montreal, Acadians, habitants
St. Lawrencelake
Enclosed body of freshwater
Great Lakes · Lake Superior · pond · Lake Ontario · reservoir
St. Lawrenceapostate
One who renounces faith
persecutor · Judas Iscariot · torturer · sinner · damned
St. LawrenceMississippi
Southern state or major river
Mississippi River · Rio Grande · Colorado River · Missouri River · Columbia River