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	St. Lawrence
		The chief tributaries of the St. Lawrence proper are the Ottawa and the Saguenay on the Canadian side, and the Richelieu from the American side.
		Marie, Lake Huron, St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, Detroit River, Lake Erie, Niagara River, Lake Ontario, the St. Lawrence proper, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
		From the source of the St. Louis River in Minnesota to the mouth of the gulf at Anticosti Island the total distance is about 2,200 miles.
	www.factopia.com /aiton-encyclopedia-vol4/st-lawrence-river-gulf.htm (335 words)

	St. Lawrence Shrew
		The St. Lawrence Shrew is found only on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea.
		The St. Lawrence Shrew (Sorex jacksoni) is commonly mistaken for a rodent, as they slightly resemble mice.
		Because of their severe isolation, not much is known about the St. Lawrence Shrew.
	www.unitedstatesfauna.com /stlawrenceshrew.php (406 words)

	St. Lawrence County, New York Genealogical Records Information
		A north and south line was projected in 1852 from the New York Central, at Rome, to Cape Vincent on the St. Lawrence, to which a branch to Ogdensburg was built in 1862.
		Ten townships of 64,000 acres were laid out on the south side of the St. Lawrence, and every inducement made to encourage their settlement.
		This was granted, but now they had to go to Plattsburgh to attend court, so in the fall they petitioned for erection as a separate County, which was again granted, and St. Lawrence was formed March 3, 1802.
	www.mynewyorkgenealogy.com /ny_county/sl.htm (1284 words)

	Divi Southwinds Beach Resort, St. Lawrence Gap, Barbados, Caribbean -- Condoexpress.com
		No matter whether a swell approaches the island from a northerly or westerly direction or whether it's moving in from the East or the South, Barbados is guaranteed to have surf somewhere along it's shores at almost any given day of the year.
		The lively St. Lawrence Gap- a unique area of shops, restaurants, and nightlife- runs through the Divi Southwinds, offering guests a range of activities on and off the beach.
		The island's location far out in the Atlantic Ocean allows waves to travel thousands of kilometers on the bottom of the sea to finally unload all the power it developed during it's long journey over Barbados' coral reefs.
	www.condoexpress.com /divi_southwinds.htm (1150 words)

	AllRefer.com - Oak Island, New York (NY) (St. Lawrence County) - (island) - Facts and Information
		Oak Island, one of the Thousand Isls., St. Lawrence co., N N.Y., in the St. Lawrence R., near Can.
		AllRefer.com - Oak Island, New York (NY) (St. Lawrence County) - (island) - Facts and Information
		Lawrence County, New York (NY), United States, North America
	reference.allrefer.com /gazetteer/O/O00035-oak-island.html (156 words)

	Touring by Sailing Canoe
		I sail to one of the fifteen campsite islands in the St. Lawrence Islands National Park of Canada.
		I was planning on going to the last of the Admiralty Islands, a park island named Aubrey island, but I had to be aware that if the wind didn't hold up or if I didn't make the speed I thought I could I might have to stop at a different park island.
		The island was equipped with toilets, a water pump, a picnic shelter and information on the island and trails to walk the island.
	www.enter.net /~skimmer/halsey-si.html (820 words)

	Carpe Diem Thousand Islands 2004 Part 1
		Mermaid Island is part of the Admiralty Group in the Thousand Islands and is part of the St Lawrence Islands National Park.
		There is, however, plenty of water both on the concrete dock on the east end of Aubrey Island and across the way at Mermaid Island.
		Aubrey Island, also a park island, is seen in the background with the conspicuous NAVAID.
	home.ca.inter.net /~gkmd/sail/thousandislands.htm (219 words)

	Camping Paddle1000.com
		The paddling routes primarily rely on public campsites on the islands of St. Lawrence Islands National Park, the mainland campground at Ivy Lea, and the municipal park islands that lie off Brockville.
		Largest facility in the park; 273 m of dockage; 17 campsites; group campground; hot & cold running water in washroom; signed trail adjoining township road, which runs the length of the island.
		A popular island destination with 173 m of docking, six mooring buoys and six campsites.
	www.paddle1000.com /info/camping.htm (1075 words)

	Manhattan article - Manhattan Hudson River boroughs City New York 2000 St. Lawrence County - What-Means.com
		It occupies the whole of Manhattan Island, surrounded by the East River, the Harlem River, and the Hudson River.
		Marble Hill was originally part of Manhattan Island; but the Harlem River Ship Canal, dug in the late 19th century to improve navigation on the Harlem River, separated it from the remainder of Manhattan, and eventually the part of the original Harlem River channel separating Marble Hill from the Bronx was filled in.
		Manhattan is the name of an island alongside the lower Hudson River and also of one of the five boroughs that form the City of New York.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Manhattan (1075 words)

	New York City - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Upper New York Bay is surrounded by Manhattan, Brooklyn, Staten Island, and the coast of New Jersey, and is connected by the Narrows between Brooklyn and Staten Island to Lower New York Bay, which is partially surrounded by Brooklyn, Staten Island, and the coast of New Jersey, and opens to the Atlantic Ocean.
		New York is a city of great museums with the Metropolitan Museum of Art's assemblage of historic art, the Museum of Modern Art and Guggenheim Museum's 20th century collection, and the American Museum of Natural History and its Hayden Planetarium focusing on the sciences.
		New York City is also home to the nation's largest community of American Jews, with an estimate of 972,000 in 2002, and is the worldwide headquarters of the Hasidic Lubavitch sect and the Bobover and Satmar branches of Hasidism.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_York_City (8100 words)

	(GCGFVM) The Islands - Part Deux by blue_night
		Valid at most of the other park islands, so make a day of it.
		The 'Admiralty Islands Splashdown' crew arrived at Gordon Island on our way upstream and had a time finding this, our first, cache.
		The paths on this island are well-marked and terrain is generally flat.
	www.geocaching.com /seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCGFVM (641 words)

	Town Guide on the Isle of Wight
		More than half the Island is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, with 500 miles of award-winning public footpaths and bridleways, while almost 30 miles of its seashore is Heritage Coast.
		This diamond-shaped island has a magic all of its own - and is one of the UK's sunniest and warmest places.
		For more information on holidays and accommodation on the Isle of Wight visit the Island Tourism Website at www.islandbreaks.co.uk
	www.iwight.com /just_visiting/towns (641 words)

	St. Lawrence River and Seaway
		Approximately 800 miles (1,287 km) long, the St. Lawrence River can be divided into three broad sections: the freshwater river, which extends from Lake Ontario to just outside the city of Quebec; the St. Lawrence estuary, which extends from Quebec to Anticosti Island; and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, which leads into the Atlantic Ocean.
		The St. Lawrence River and Seaway is of vital geographic and economic importance to the Great Lakes system, connecting the lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and providing navigation to deep-draft ocean vessels.
		The New York State Seaway Trail is a 454-mile scenic route paralleling Lake Erie, the Niagara River, Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River.
	www.great-lakes.net /lakes/stlaw.html (810 words)

	About St. Lawrence River Islands
		Above is Harold V. Owens, my grandfather, and the first of four generations of St. Lawrence River island visitors in our family who grew to love and admire the great river.
		It was a world always dominated by the river, its storms, its calm moods, its dangers, its wildlife, and because the islands were always so primitive, I was always curious about how life must have been hundreds of years ago.
		It is one of hundreds on the St.Lawrence River.
	www.vsa.cape.com /~powens/aboutisland.htm (810 words)

	St. Lawrence River and Seaway
		Approximately 800 miles (1,287 km) long, the St. Lawrence River can be divided into three broad sections: the freshwater river, which extends from Lake Ontario to just outside the city of Quebec; the St. Lawrence estuary, which extends from Quebec to Anticosti Island; and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, which leads into the Atlantic Ocean.
		The St. Lawrence River and Seaway is of vital geographic and economic importance to the Great Lakes system, connecting the lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and providing navigation to deep-draft ocean vessels.
		To allow vessels to pass through the river and in and out of the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence Seaway, a massive American-Canadian navigational project, was begun in 1954 and completed in 1959.
	www.great-lakes.net /lakes/stlaw.html (810 words)

	Sample text for Library of Congress control number 2003043229
		The northerly St. Lawrence and St. Matthew and Hall Islands (81,340 acres, of which 77,000 is St. Matthew) are surrounded by pack ice nine months of the year.
		Lawrence has more than 3.5 million breeding seabirds, including large numbers of Least Auklets (1.3 million at Singikpo Cape alone), as well as Crested Auklets, and Thick-billed and Common Murres.
		The majority of the Red-legged Kittiwake breed on St. George Island, but the population has declined 50 percent from around 220,000 birds in the mid-1970s.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/samples/random045/2003043229.html (2532 words)

	St. Paul Island
		Paul Island is at the entrance of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in the Cabot Strait, about 15 miles from Cape Breton and 44 miles from Cape Ray, Newfoundland.
		It is very hilly, the highest being about 500 ft. It is well watered by two lakes on top of the island from which several small streams flow into the Atlantic on the southeast side,and the Gulf of St. Lawrence on the northwest side.
		As Governor he was responsible for life on the island in general, as well as for the supervision of the two lighhouses, the life saving station at Atlantic Cove where he lived, and a smaller station at Trinity Cove on the north side of the island.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Estates/6001/St_Paul_Island.htm (2445 words)

	St. Lawrence Island - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about St. Lawrence Island
		The Danish explorer Vitus Bering encountered and named the island on St Lawrence Day in 1728.
		The International Dateline passes 56 km/35 mi to the west, and the tip of Siberia's Chukchi Peninsula lies 80 km/50 mi northwest.
		Extensive archaeological studies of Inuit culture have been conducted here.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /St.+Lawrence+Island (170 words)

	Saint Lawrence, Gulf of on Encyclopedia.com
		Temporal trends of organochlorine concentrations in umbilical cord blood of newborns from the lower north shore of the St. Lawrence River (Quebec, Canada).
		It is bounded by Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Quebec; in the Gulf are Prince Edward Island, Anticosti Island, the Magdalen Islands, and numerous small islands near its north shore.
		Dioxin-like compounds in fishing people from the lower north shore of the St. Lawrence River, Quebec, Canada.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/StL1awrG1lf.asp (541 words)

	Telegraph Property Roving eye: Isle of Wight
		The Isle of Wight may be Britain's smallest county, but being an island gives it exotic promise, a fact not lost on the million or more tourists who visit every year.
		At first glance, the same could be said of Isle of Wight Glass in St Lawrence, but closer examination reveals some impressive work, which is collected the world over.
		Located in the island's capital, Newport, it has caused a stir by selling playful pieces designed by such big names as Philippe Starck, Karim Rashid and Sam Buxton, a "Designer of the Year" nominee - and for considerably more than the local market expects, particularly when it comes to kettles and brooms.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /property/main.jhtml?xml=/property/2005/07/23/pnaomi23.xml&sSheet=/property/2005/07/27/ixpmain12.html (541 words)

	Canada Considers Its Endangered Parks
		Prince Edward Island National Park, Prince Edward Island.
		parks, it is also the most crowded, averaging 30,000 visitors per
		Mount Revelstoke and Glacier National Parks, British Columbia.
	forests.org /archive/canada/canconit.htm (584 words)

	Kingston, Ontario : Attractions : Thousand Islands Frommers.com
		Along the St. Lawrence: The Thousand Islands--The St. Lawrence River was the main route into the heart of Upper Canada and beyond from the 17th to the mid-19th century, traveled first by explorers, fur traders, and missionaries and later by settlers en route to Ontario and the plains west.
		Canada's smallest national park encompasses an 80km (50-mile) stretch of the St. Lawrence, from Kingston to Brockville.
		The same company operates 1-hour trips from Ivy Lea, leaving from west of the International Bridge on the Thousand Islands Parkway.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/kingstonontario/1755027879.html (822 words)

	Hotline - Blurbs
		From Cedar Island at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, St. Lawrence Islands National Park extends 45 miles down the St. Lawrence River to Stovin Island near Brockville, Ontario.
		More than 150 islands are scattered throughout the park between Gananoque and the bridge crossing into Canada from the U.S. Among them, open bays, freshwater marshes, cliffs, and narrow channels with strong currents are all close at hand for paddlers.
		Lawrence Islands National Park management has discovered sea kayaking and already has produced a brochure introducing prime areas for touring and camping.
	www.paddlermagazine.com /issues/1999_5/hlblurbs.htm (842 words)

	L.L.Bean: Park Search - St. Lawrence Islands National Park
		Lawrence Islands National Park is located in the heart of the Thousand Islands region in eastern Ontario.
		The park conserves all or parts of 21 islands and about 90 islets scattered between Kingston and Brockville, and a 100-acre mainland base at Mallorytown Landing.
		Because this is primarily an island park, water sports are the main recreational attraction.
	www.llbean.com /parksearch/parks/html/2041llt.htm (240 words)

	PCOC pleasure craft operator card Ottawa boating sailing Ottawa Power and Sail Squadron boating lisence card PCOC
		Lawrence Islands National Park: Generally these islands are seeing annual increases in visitor traffic, which due to the delicate nature of their habitats, is resulting in serious erosion and damage.
		Lawrence River: The International Lake Ontario- St. Lawrence Study has now been active forone year and the Public Interest Advisory Group has spoken to some 33 interest groups, their Year 1 report for the International Joint Commission is in preparation.
		Endymion is one of the worst hit islands, it consists of a shallow soil layer over a granite backbone and is home to several species of endangered plants.
	www.cps-ottawa.com /environment/2002/20.06.02.htm (1142 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Railways on the Isle of Wight, UK
		It ran from the station of Merstone and headed south to Godshill, Whitwell and St Lawrence, and was opened in July, 1897, and expanded to Ventnor West station in June, 1900.
		The closure of the railways was the biggest mistake that the Isle of Wight has suffered, and there are dreams that the Island will once more be covered in steam railway lines; being a haven for steam enthusiasts everywhere.
		Two mainland railway companies, the London and South Western Railway and the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway were eager to expand their networks onto the Island, and the share in the profitable business there.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A304237 (1142 words)

	Joint EMAN / Parks Canada National Monitoring Protocol for Plethodontid Salamanders
		Grenadier Island, St. Lawrence Islands National Park, Ontario.
		Grenadier Island, St. Lawrence Islands National Park, Ontario
		Parks Canada, Ontario Service Centre, Ecosystem Conservation Section.
	www.eman-rese.ca /eman/ecotools/protocols/terrestrial/salamanders (373 words)

	Sunnyside of Black Lake and Black Lake, New York, Your Fishing Vacation Location for Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Walleye, Perch, & Crappie. Black Lake, New York is a Freshwater Fishermans Paradise located in Upstate, New York
		A very scenic drive along the St. Lawrence River on route 12 will take you to Alexandria Bay and the Thousand Islands.
		Maybe a day trip to the Adirondack Museum or into Canada for a 1000 Island Boat Tour at Brockville or a tour of Ottawa and don't forget the Upper Canada Village or Gananoque and Kingston and Old Fort Henry.
		While there you will want to take a boat tour of the Islands and a visit to the famous Boldt Castle on Hart Island is a must.
	www.blacklakeny.com /sunnyside (768 words)

	New York City Business Solutions
		Turn left at the first stop light and proceed on South Avenue to number 900 on your right. From the South Shore of Staten Island, take Route 440 to the South Avenue exit, and turn right onto South Avenue.
		By train take the Long Island Railroad to the Jamaica Hub stop.
		By subway take the F train to 169th Street or take the E train to the last stop which is Jamaica Center - Parsons/Archer.
	www.nyc.gov /html/sbs/nycbiz/html/about/locations.shtml (462 words)

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