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ID: 1136216
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1136216

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Saint Lawrence Seaway (navigation channel)  Saint Lawrence Seaway (navigation channel)

Coordinates:
Lat: 45 20 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 45.3333  decimal degrees
Long: 074 50 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -74.8333  decimal degrees

Note: Waterway between Montreal city of Quebec province, Lake Ontario, Canada and New York state, United States; allows passage of vessels between Great Lakes and Atlantic Ocean; massive project was undertaken by the United States and Canada; officially the seaway includes only the 186-mile stretch between Montreal and Lake Ontario and the Welland Canal, connecting Lakes Ontario and Erie; the name is sometimes used to refer to the entire 9.500 miles of the navigable Great Lakes-Saint Lawrence system.

Names:
Saint Lawrence Seaway (preferred,C,V)
Saint-Lawrence Seaway (C,V)
St. Lawrence Seaway (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Saint Lawrence Seaway (navigation channel)  ........  Saint Lawrence Seaway (navigation channel) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Saint Lawrence Seaway (navigation channel)  ............  Saint Lawrence Seaway (navigation channel)
 
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Canada (nation)  ........  Canada (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Saint Lawrence Seaway (navigation channel)  ............  Saint Lawrence Seaway (navigation channel) (P)

Place Types:
navigation channel (preferred, C)  ............  completed in 1959

Sources and Contributors:
Saint-Lawrence Seaway..........  [VP Preferred]
......................................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
......................................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 99
......................................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1050
Saint Lawrence Seaway..........  [VP]
......................................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 25 November 2015
St. Lawrence Seaway..........  [VP]
...................................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002) accessed 01/21/2001
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002) accessed 01/21/2001
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 99
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1050
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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