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Saint Lawrence

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Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)

a North American river; flows into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the North Atlantic

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I have seen the Mississippi. That is muddy water. I have seen the Saint Lawrence. That is clear water. But the Thames is liquid history. John Burns

Cities on the shores of Lake Michigan include: Connection to ocean and open water Sunset over Lake Michigan from Grand Traverse Point The Saint Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes Waterway opened the Great Lakes to ocean-going vessels. Source: Internet

In 1701, The Great Peace Treaty was signed in Montreal, involving the French and every native nation coming or living on the shores of the Saint Lawrence River except maybe in wintertime. Source: Internet

In 1871, locks on the Saint Lawrence allowed transit of vessels convert long, convert wide, and convert deep. Source: Internet

On 8 January 1913, he received the prestigious Gold Medal from the Technical University in Delft for his Study of the Interior of the Church of Saint Lawrence (Laurenskerk) in Rotterdam. Source: Internet

Peck, Merton J. & Scherer, Frederic M. The Weapons Acquisition Process: An Economic Analysis (1962) Harvard Business School p.111 Chicago became an ocean port with the opening of the Saint Lawrence Seaway in 1959. Source: Internet

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