The St. Lawrence Seaway is a system of rivers, locks, canals and channels in eastern Canada and the northern United States that allows oceangoing vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes of North America, as far inland as Duluth, Minnesota, at the western end of Lake Superior. It is named for the St. Lawrence River, which flows from Lake Ontario to the Gulf of St. Lawrence on the Atlantic. Legally, the seaway extends from Montreal, Quebec, to Lake Erie and includes the Welland Canal. Ships from the Atlantic Ocean can reach ports on all five Great Lakes by way of the Great Lakes Waterway. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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SignificanceIt is a system of rivers, locks, canals, and channels in Eastern Canada and the Northern United States that permits oceangoing vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes of North America, as far inland as Duluth, Minnesota, at the western end of Lake Superior. 1 Sources
1. St. Lawrence Seaway (Wikipedia)
History section, 1959 opening paragraph
On April 25, 1959, large, deep-draft ocean vessels began streaming to the heart of the North American continent through the seaway, a project supported by every administration from Woodrow Wilson through Eisenhower.
Lead section, second sentence
is a system of rivers, locks, canals, and channels in Eastern Canada and the Northern United States that permits oceangoing vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes of North America, as far inland as Duluth, Minnesota, at the western end of Lake Superior.
status sentence
Ships from the Atlantic Ocean can reach ports on all five Great Lakes by way of the Great Lakes Waterway.
In Group: Canals and Seaways, Introduction
Lawrence Seaway (French: la Voie Maritime du Saint-Laurent) is a system of rivers, locks, canals, and channels in Eastern Canada and the Northern United States that permits oceangoing vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes of North America, as far inland as Duluth, Minnesota, at the western end of Lake Superior.
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