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      • the central section, which is considered to be the beginning of the Saint Lawrence River at the outflow of Lake Ontario between the town of Kingston on the north bank, Wolfe Island in mid-stream, and Cape Vincent, New York on the south bank.
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  2. The Saint Lawrence River served as the main route for exploration of the North American interior. The St. Lawrence was initially continuously navigable only as far as Montreal because of the virtually impassible Lachine Rapids.

  3. A brief history of the St. Lawrence River. Globally, the St. Lawrence can be considered a relatively young river. It was formed from alongside the Great Lakes, by a depression in the Earth’s crust that took shape approximately 10,000 years ago as the glaciers receded.

  4. Flowing 750 miles northeast from Lake Ontario to the Atlantic Ocean, the St. Lawrence River shapes the fate of the peoples on both of its shores. The river, despite its difficult rapids, has long served as a vital transportation conduit for trade, migration, and exploration.

  5. The St. Lawrence Seaway opened to navigation in 1959. Construction of the 189-mile (306-kilometer) stretch of the Seaway between Montreal and Lake Ontario is recognized as one of the most challenging engineering feats in history.

  6. Its waters flow in a northeasterly direction from Lake Ontario to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, traversing Ontario and Quebec in Canada and New York in the United States. A section of the river demarcates the Canada–U.S. border.

  7. The St. Lawrence River is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. Its headwaters begin flowing from Lake Ontario in a roughly northeasterly direction, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, connecting the North American Great Lakes to the North Atlantic Ocean, and forming the primary drainage outflow of the Great Lakes Basin.

  8. Explore the Waterfront on the St. Lawrence River Cycle from Loyalist at the mouth of the St. Lawrence and just west of Kingston, all the way to the Quebec Border—326 km including the Frontenac Islands.

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