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Gulf of St. Lawrence

The Gulf of St. Lawrence is a large inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in eastern Canada at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River. French explorers, notably Jacques Cartier, entered it in the sixteenth century. It served as the gateway to New France and the North American fur trade in the foundation of the French Empire overseas.

Gulf of St. Lawrence
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Gulf of St. Lawrence. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/gulf-of-st-lawrence
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