STRAIT OF BELLE ISLE  , the more See also:

• NORTHERN

northern of the two channels connecting the Gulf of 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 with the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic Ocean . It separates northern See also:

• NEWFOUNDLAND

Newfoundland from Labrador, and extends N.E. and S.W. for 35 m., with a breadth of Io to 15 M . It derives its name from a precipitous See also:

• GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island, 700 ft. in height, at its Atlantic entrance . On this See also:

• LIGHT

light-houses are maintained by the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of See also:

• CANADA

Canada and See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant communication with the mainland is kept up by wireless telegraphy . The strait is in the most See also:

• DIRECT

direct route from See also:

• EUROPE

Europe to the St Lawrence, but is open only from See also:

• JUNE

June till the end of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November, and even during this See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation is often rendered dangerous by floating See also:

• ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice and fogs . Through it Jacques See also:

• CARTIER, JACQUES (149.1-'1557)
• CARTIER, SIR GEORGES ETIENNE

Cartier sailed in 1534 . The See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern or See also:

• CABOT, GEORGE (1751–1823)
• CABOT, JOHN [GIOVANNI CABOTO] (1450-1498)

Cabot Strait, between Cape See also:

• RAY (Lat. raia)
• RAY (or WRAY, as he wrote his name till 1670), JOHN (1628-1705)

Ray in Newfoundland and Cape See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North in Cape See also:

• BRETON, BRITTON
• BRETON, JULES ADOLPHE

Breton, was discovered later, and the expansion below Belle Isle was See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long known as La Grande Baie . Cabot Strait is open all the See also:

• YEAR

year, See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save for occasional inconvenience from See also:

• DRIFT (from "drive ")

drift ice .