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SAGUENAY , a See also:river of See also:Quebec See also:province, See also:Canada, flowing into the St See also:- LAWRENCE
- LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
- LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
- LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
- LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
- LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
- LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
- LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
- LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)
Lawrence 120 M. N.E. of Quebec. It drains See also:Lake St See also:John, from which it issues by two impassable rapids, La Grande and La Petite Decharge. Thence for 40 M. it flows E.S.E. in a See also:series of rapids, navigable only by skilled boatmen in canoes, to Chicoutimi, the seat of a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:bishop, a prosperous little See also:town exporting See also:great quantities of See also:lumber. Six See also:miles farther down is Ha Ha See also:Bay, a favourite summer resort. From Chicoutimi the river is navigable by small steamers, and from Ha Ha Bay to the mouth by vessels of the largest See also:size. It is indeed rather a See also:loch or bay than a river, containing neither See also:rock nor shoal, and having at its mouth a See also:depth of some 60o ft. greater than that of the St Lawrence. Its width varies from three-quarters of a mile to two miles, and the See also:waters are blackened by the See also:shadow of treeless cliffs, over l000 ft. in height, separatedbere and there by narrow wooded valleys, and culminating in Capes Trinity and Eternity, 1600 and 1800 ft. in height. Above Chicoutimi it runs through hills of about 400 ft. in height, densely wooded with spruce, See also:maple and See also:birch. Tadoussac, at its mouth, is the See also:oldest See also:European trading See also:post in Canada.
Lake St John is a shallow See also:basin, 26 m. by 20, with an See also:area of 365 sq. m. It receives the waters of the Ashuapmuchuan, often spoken of as the upper course of the Saguenay, the Mistassini, the Peribonka and various other important streams. A numerous farming See also:population live near its shores. It is well known to anglers as containing the celebrated ouinaniche, or See also:land-locked See also:salmon, which attains a See also:weight of about 6 lb.
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