Saint Lawrence River

E27337

international river river

The Saint Lawrence River is a major North American waterway that connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and serves as a vital commercial and cultural corridor for Canada and the United States.

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All labels observed (43)

Label	Occurrences
St. Lawrence River	446
Saint Lawrence River canonical	336
St. Lawrence River valley	8
St. Lawrence River shipping channel	5
Saint Lawrence River basin	4
Saint-Lawrence River	4
Saint Lawrence River shipping channel	3
Saint Lawrence River system	3
Saint Lawrence River valley	3
St. Lawrence River Valley	3
St. Lawrence River corridor	3
St. Lawrence River watershed	3
St. Lawrence River Basin	2
St. Lawrence River system	2
St. Lawrence River theatre of the War of 1812	2
Cataraqui River and St. Lawrence River	1
Fleuve Saint-Laurent	1
Saint Lawrence River (nearby)	1
Saint Lawrence River (regional proximity)	1
Saint Lawrence River (via Lake Saint-Louis)	1
Saint Lawrence River at Quebec City	1
Saint Lawrence River background	1
Saint Lawrence River drainage basin	1
Saint Lawrence River navigation system	1
Saint Lawrence River near Montreal	1
Saint Lawrence River shipping route	1
Saint Lawrence River via Ottawa River	1
Saint Lawrence River via Richelieu River	1
St. Lawrence River (U.S. portion)	1
St. Lawrence River (regional vicinity)	1
St. Lawrence River (regionally nearby via St. Lawrence County)	1
St. Lawrence River (via Kingston area)	1
St. Lawrence River (via Lake Champlain and Richelieu River)	1
St. Lawrence River at Brockville	1
St. Lawrence River basin	1
St. Lawrence River drainage	1
St. Lawrence River drainage basin	1
St. Lawrence River in Ontario	1
St. Lawrence River section	1
St. Lawrence River system (for some vessels)	1
St. Lawrence River via Saguenay River	1
St. Lawrence River–Lake Champlain inland route	1
St. Lawrence waterway	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T128736 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Saint Lawrence River
Context triple: [Montreal, hasRiver, Saint Lawrence River]

A. Humber River
The Humber River is a significant waterway in Toronto, Ontario, flowing through the city into Lake Ontario and serving as an important natural, recreational, and historical corridor.
B. Saint John
Saint John is a small, largely undeveloped Caribbean island known for its pristine beaches and extensive national parkland within the U.S. Virgin Islands.
C. Hudson River
The Hudson River is a major waterway in eastern New York State that flows south past cities like Albany and New York City before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean at New York Harbor.
D. Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system
The Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system is a vast interconnected chain of freshwater lakes and the St. Lawrence River that forms one of the world’s largest inland waterways, linking the interior of North America to the Atlantic Ocean.
E. Mohawk River
The Mohawk River is a major waterway in upstate New York that flows eastward through the Mohawk Valley and serves as a key route connecting the Great Lakes region to the Hudson River.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Saint Lawrence River
Target entity description: The Saint Lawrence River is a major North American waterway that connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and serves as a vital commercial and cultural corridor for Canada and the United States.

A. Humber River
The Humber River is a significant waterway in Toronto, Ontario, flowing through the city into Lake Ontario and serving as an important natural, recreational, and historical corridor.
B. Saint John
Saint John is a small, largely undeveloped Caribbean island known for its pristine beaches and extensive national parkland within the U.S. Virgin Islands.
C. Hudson River
The Hudson River is a major waterway in eastern New York State that flows south past cities like Albany and New York City before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean at New York Harbor.
D. Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system
The Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system is a vast interconnected chain of freshwater lakes and the St. Lawrence River that forms one of the world’s largest inland waterways, linking the interior of North America to the Atlantic Ocean.
E. Mohawk River
The Mohawk River is a major waterway in upstate New York that flows eastward through the Mohawk Valley and serves as a key route connecting the Great Lakes region to the Hudson River.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international river ⓘ river ⓘ
climateInfluence	moderates climate of adjacent regions ⓘ
connects	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Great Lakes ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
drainageBasinArea	approximately 1,344,200 square kilometers ⓘ
ecoregion	Gulf of St. Lawrence marine ecosystem ⓘ
emptiesInto	Gulf of Saint Lawrence ⓘ linked to: Gulf of St. Lawrence
EnglishName	Saint Lawrence River ⓘ
exploredBy	Jacques Cartier ⓘ Samuel de Champlain ⓘ
flowsAlong	New York State ⓘ linked to: New York
flowsThrough	Ontario ⓘ Quebec ⓘ linked to: Quebec, Canada
formsBorderBetween	Canada ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
FrenchName	Fleuve Saint-Laurent ⓘ linked to: Saint Lawrence River
governedByTreaty	Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 ⓘ
hasArchipelago	Thousand Islands ⓘ linked to: Thousand Islands National Park
hasBasinCountry	Canada ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
hasCanalSystem	Saint Lawrence Seaway ⓘ linked to: Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system
hasEstuary	Saint Lawrence Estuary ⓘ
hasFeature	Lachine Rapids ⓘ linked to: Lachine Lake Saint-Louis ⓘ Lake Saint-Pierre ⓘ
hasHydroelectricDam	Beauharnois generating station ⓘ Carillon generating station ⓘ Les Cèdres generating station ⓘ Moses–Saunders Power Dam ⓘ
hasIsland	Anticosti Island ⓘ Île d’Orléans ⓘ
hasMajorTributary	Chaudière River ⓘ Ottawa River ⓘ Richelieu River ⓘ Saguenay River ⓘ Saint-Maurice River ⓘ
hasPort	Port of Montreal ⓘ Port of Quebec ⓘ
historicalRole	major route for European exploration of North America ⓘ
importance	major cultural corridor for Canada and the United States ⓘ vital commercial corridor for Canada and the United States ⓘ
isNavigable	yes ⓘ
languageOfName	French ⓘ
length	approximately 1200 km ⓘ approximately 750 miles ⓘ
majorCityOnRiver	Cornwall, Ontario ⓘ Kingston, Ontario ⓘ Montreal ⓘ Quebec City ⓘ Trois-Rivières ⓘ
managedBy	International Joint Commission ⓘ
mouth	Gulf of Saint Lawrence ⓘ linked to: Gulf of St. Lawrence
namedAfter	Saint Lawrence of Rome ⓘ
oceanBasin	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
partOf	Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River system ⓘ linked to: Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system
source	Lake Ontario ⓘ
supportsSpecies	beluga whale population in upper estuary ⓘ
usedFor	commercial shipping ⓘ fishing ⓘ hydroelectric power generation ⓘ recreation ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Montreal → hasRiver → Saint Lawrence River ⓘ

Appalachian Mountains → drainageBasin → St. Lawrence River ⓘ

linked to: Saint Lawrence River

Durham boat → usedOn → St. Lawrence River ⓘ

linked to: Saint Lawrence River

Ontario → containsRiver → St. Lawrence River ⓘ

linked to: Saint Lawrence River

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation → serviceArea → Saint Lawrence River ⓘ

Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact → appliesToWaterBody → St. Lawrence River ⓘ

linked to: Saint Lawrence River

Quebec City → locatedOn → Saint Lawrence River ⓘ

Quebec City → primaryRiver → Saint Lawrence River ⓘ

Lake Ontario → outflow → Saint Lawrence River ⓘ

Lake Ontario → drainageBasin → Saint Lawrence River basin ⓘ

linked to: Saint Lawrence River

Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system → includes → St. Lawrence River ⓘ

linked to: Saint Lawrence River

Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system → primaryOutflow → St. Lawrence River ⓘ

linked to: Saint Lawrence River

Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system → hasSubregion → St. Lawrence River corridor ⓘ

linked to: Saint Lawrence River

Constitutional Act 1791 → regionAffected → St. Lawrence River valley ⓘ

linked to: Saint Lawrence River

Habitat 67 → locatedOn → Saint Lawrence River ⓘ

Habitat 67 → hasView → Saint Lawrence River ⓘ

Americas → hasMajorRiver → Saint Lawrence River ⓘ

New York State Canal System → connectsTo → St. Lawrence River basin ⓘ

linked to: Saint Lawrence River

Lake Champlain → connectedTo → Saint Lawrence River via Richelieu River ⓘ

linked to: Saint Lawrence River

Island of Montreal → locatedIn → Saint Lawrence River ⓘ

Island of Montreal → locatedAtConfluenceOf → Saint Lawrence River ⓘ

Island of Montreal → surroundedBy → Saint Lawrence River ⓘ

Rivière des Prairies → partOf → Saint Lawrence River ⓘ

Rivière des Prairies → mouthOf → Saint Lawrence River ⓘ

Kingston → locatedOn → St. Lawrence River ⓘ

linked to: Saint Lawrence River

Port of Montreal → locatedOn → Saint Lawrence River ⓘ

Fort Henry → overlooks → St. Lawrence River ⓘ

linked to: Saint Lawrence River

Eastern Ontario → traversedByRiver → St. Lawrence River ⓘ

linked to: Saint Lawrence River

Thousand Islands National Park → locatedOn → St. Lawrence River ⓘ

linked to: Saint Lawrence River

Canada–United States border region → hasPart → St. Lawrence River corridor ⓘ

linked to: Saint Lawrence River

SLSDC → regionServed → Saint Lawrence River ⓘ

SLSDC → usesWaterway → Saint Lawrence River ⓘ

Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré → overlooks → Saint Lawrence River ⓘ

subject linked to: basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré (Quebec, Canada)

Lake St. Clair → partOf → St. Lawrence River watershed ⓘ

linked to: Saint Lawrence River

Saint Lawrence River → FrenchName → Fleuve Saint-Laurent ⓘ

linked to: Saint Lawrence River

Saint Lawrence River → EnglishName → Saint Lawrence River ⓘ

Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry → borderedBy → St. Lawrence River ⓘ

linked to: Saint Lawrence River

Lake Huron → partOf → Saint Lawrence River drainage basin ⓘ

subject linked to: containing Manitoulin Island, the world’s largest freshwater island

linked to: Saint Lawrence River

Rideau Canal → connectsWaterBody → St. Lawrence River ⓘ

linked to: Saint Lawrence River

Adirondack Park → borderedBy → St. Lawrence River Valley ⓘ

linked to: Saint Lawrence River

Kingston, Ontario → locatedOn → St. Lawrence River ⓘ

linked to: Saint Lawrence River

Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes → containsRiver → St. Lawrence River ⓘ

linked to: Saint Lawrence River

Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes → bordersAlong → St. Lawrence River ⓘ

linked to: Saint Lawrence River

Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes → hasCoastlineOn → St. Lawrence River ⓘ

linked to: Saint Lawrence River

Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River Basin Sustainable Water Resources Agreement → appliesTo → St. Lawrence River Basin ⓘ

linked to: Saint Lawrence River

Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Council → significantEnvironmentalFeature → St. Lawrence River ⓘ

linked to: Saint Lawrence River

Samuel de Champlain → explored → St. Lawrence River ⓘ

linked to: Saint Lawrence River

Samuel de Champlain → mapped → St. Lawrence River valley ⓘ

linked to: Saint Lawrence River

Mount Royal → offersViewOf → St. Lawrence River ⓘ

linked to: Saint Lawrence River

Wolfe Island → locatedInWaterBody → Saint Lawrence River ⓘ

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