* 1711 – Ships from British Admiral Hovenden Walker's Quebec Expedition founders on rocks at the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River.

* 1938 – The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

* 1954 – At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.

It is just west of the head of the Saint Lawrence River that drains the Great Lakes into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.

The island is located east-northeast of the mainland with its northern and western coasts fronting on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence ; its western coast also forming the eastern limits of the Northumberland Strait.

Anne experienced icing problems, it was decided to construct a much larger fortification at Louisbourg to improve defences at the entrance to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and defend France's fishing fleet on the Grand Banks.

As the anniversary of Confederation, Dominion Day, and later Canada Day, was the date set for a number of important events, such as the first national radio network hookup by the Canadian National Railway ( 1927 ), the inauguration of the CBC's cross-country television broadcast ( 1958 ), the flooding of the Saint Lawrence Seaway ( 1958 ), the first colour television transmission in Canada ( 1966 ), the inauguration of the Order of Canada ( 1967 ), and the establishment of " O Canada " as the country's national anthem ( 1980 ).

Accompanied by a small number of Americans, he again set out, traveling through the countryside to Sorel, before turning to follow the Saint Lawrence River up toward Montreal, recruiting upwards of 200 men.

Allen and about 100 men crossed the Saint Lawrence that night, but Brown and his men, who were to cross the river at Laprairie, did not.

The Great Lakes, sometimes disambiguated as the Laurentian Great Lakes, are a collection of freshwater lakes located in northeastern North America, on the Canada – United States border, which connect to the Atlantic Ocean through the Saint Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes Waterway.

There are cups claimed to be the Grail in several churches, for instance the Saint Mary of Valencia Cathedral, which contains an artifact, the Holy Chalice, supposedly taken by Saint Peter to Rome in the 1st century, and then to Huesca in Spain by Saint Lawrence in the 3rd century.

He saw action in the Seven Years ' War, and subsequently surveyed and mapped much of the entrance to the Saint Lawrence River during the siege of Quebec.

He showed a talent for surveying and cartography, and was responsible for mapping much of the entrance to the Saint Lawrence River during the siege, thus allowing General Wolfe to make his famous stealth attack on the Plains of Abraham.

A Bronze Age hoard consisting of 110 implements, mostly spears and swords, was discovered in Saint Lawrence in 1976-probably a smith's stock.

* 1959 – The Saint Lawrence Seaway opens, opening North America's Great Lakes to ocean-going ships.

* 1534 – Jacques Cartier is the first European to discover the Saint Lawrence River.

* 1758 – French and Indian War: the Siege of Louisbourg ends with British forces defeating the French and taking control of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.

In 1980, Cousteau traveled to Canada to make two films on the Saint Lawrence River and the Great Lakes, Cries from the Deep and St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea.

In 1608 the French founded Quebec and quickly spread through the Saint Lawrence basin.

Brigham Young (; June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877 ) was an American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and a settler of the Western United States.

The Catholic Church sees as the main basis for this belief the words of Jesus himself at his Last Supper: the Synoptic Gospels (; ; ) and Saint Paul's recount that in that context Jesus said of what to all appearances were bread and wine: " This is my body … this is my blood.

(; ) ( 1098 – 17 September 1179 ), also known as Saint Hildegard, and Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mystic, Benedictine abbess, visionary, and polymath.

Saint Jerome ( c. 347 – 30 September 420 ; ( also Hierom or Jerom ) (; ) was a Roman Christian priest, confessor, theologian and historian, and who became a Doctor of the Church.

Saint Stephen I (; ; Esztergom, Principality of Hungary, 967 or 969 or 975 – 15 August 1038, Esztergom or Székesfehérvár, Kingdom of Hungary ), born as Vajk, was Grand Prince of the Hungarians ( 997 – 1000 ) and the first King of Hungary ( 1000 – 1038 ).

Sir Thomas More (; 7 February 14786 July 1535 ), known to Catholics as Saint Thomas More since 1935, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist.

Saint Paul (; abbreviated St. Paul ) is the capital and second-most populous city of the U. S. state of Minnesota.

Prince Felix Felixovich Yusupov, Count Sumarokov-Elston (; March 23, 1887, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire – September 27, 1967, Paris, France ), was best known for participating in the murder of Grigori Rasputin, the faith healer who was said to have influenced decisions of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna.

São Carlos (; named after Saint Charles Borromeo ) is a city of 221, 950 inhabitants ( IBGE / 2010 ) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

Saint Bonaventure, O. F. M., (; 1221 – 15 July 1274 ), born Giovanni di Fidanza, was an Italian medieval scholastic theologian and philosopher.

Thomas of Celano (; c. 1200 – c. 1265 ) was an Italian friar of the Franciscans ( Order of Friars Minor ), a poet, and the author of three hagiographies about Saint Francis of Assisi.

Saint André Bessette, C. S. C., (; 9 August 1845 – 6 January 1937 ), born Alfred Bessette and since his canonization sometimes known as Saint André of Montreal ,< ref >

Saint-Étienne (; ; Saint Stephen ) is a city in eastern central France.

Saint Croix (; ; ; ; ) is an island in the Caribbean Sea, and a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands ( USVI ), an unincorporated territory of the United States.

Saint Balthild of Ascania (;, " bold sword " or " bold spear "; c. 626 – January 30, 680 ), also called Bathilda, Baudour, or Bauthieult, was the wife and queen of Clovis II, king of Burgundy and Neustria ( 639 – 658 ).

Efrem Kurtz (; November 7, 1900, Saint Petersburg, RussiaJune 27, 1995, London ) was a Russian conductor.

St Andrews (; ) is a former royal burgh on the east coast of Fife in Scotland, named after Saint Andrew the Apostle.

Saint Helier (; French language: Saint-Hélier, Jèrriais: Saint Hélyi ) is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel.

São Paulo (; ; Saint Paul ), is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and Americas, and the world's seventh largest city by population.

São Miguel Island (; named for the Archangel Michael or, literally, Portuguese for Saint Michael ), has been nicknamed " The Green Island ".

Saint Thomas (; ; ) is an island in the Caribbean Sea and with the islands of Saint John, Saint Croix, and Water Island a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands ( USVI ), an unincorporated territory of the United States.

At the time, the Port Royal post office was located in Saint Tammany town, just across the Tuscarora Creek.