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
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N.E. of Quebec
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It drains See also:Lake St See also:John, from which it issues by two impassable rapids, La Grande and La Petite Decharge
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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
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Six See also:miles farther down is Ha Ha See also:Bay, a favourite summer resort
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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
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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
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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
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Above Chicoutimi it runs through hills of about 400 ft. in height, densely wooded with spruce, See also:maple and See also:birch
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Tadoussac, at its mouth, is the See also:oldest See also:European trading See also:post in Canada
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Lake St John is a shallow See also:basin, 26 m. by 20, with an See also:area of 365 sq. m
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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
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A numerous farming See also:population live near its shores
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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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