Gulf of St. Lawrence

E50741

body of water gulf sea

The Gulf of St. Lawrence is a large semi-enclosed sea on the Atlantic coast of Canada that serves as the outlet for the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence waterway and is bordered by several eastern Canadian provinces.

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All labels observed (17)

Label	Occurrences
Gulf of St. Lawrence canonical	150
Gulf of Saint Lawrence	74
Gulf of St. Lawrence region	9
Gulf of St. Lawrence watershed	4
Gulf of Saint Lawrence basin	3
Gulf of St. Lawrence basin	3
Gulf of St. Lawrence drainage basin	2
Gulf of Saint Lawrence drainage basin	1
Gulf of Saint Lawrence region	1
Gulf of St. Lawrence coastal area	1
Gulf of St. Lawrence coastal zone	1
Gulf of St. Lawrence estuary	1
Gulf of St. Lawrence marine region	1
Gulf of St. Lawrence shorelines	1
Gulf of St. Lawrence system	1
Gulf of St. Lawrence via Miramichi River estuary	1
Le Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T396903 — 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: Gulf of St. Lawrence
Context triple: [Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system, flowsInto, Gulf of St. Lawrence]

A. Hudson Strait
Hudson Strait is a large Arctic waterway in northeastern Canada that connects the Atlantic Ocean to Hudson Bay and serves as an important historical and modern shipping route.
B. Gulf of Maine
The Gulf of Maine is a large, biologically rich and cold-water marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean off the northeastern coast of the United States and southeastern Canada.
C. Placentia Bay
Placentia Bay is a large bay on the southeast coast of Newfoundland, Canada, historically notable as the site where Churchill and Roosevelt met in 1941 to agree on the Atlantic Charter.
D. Baffin Bay
Baffin Bay is a marginal sea between Greenland and Canada, known for its Arctic climate, extensive sea ice, and role as a key passage between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans.
E. Labrador Sea
The Labrador Sea is a marginal sea of the North Atlantic Ocean between Greenland and the Labrador Peninsula, known for its cold waters, deep convection, and role in North Atlantic ocean circulation.
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: Gulf of St. Lawrence
Target entity description: The Gulf of St. Lawrence is a large semi-enclosed sea on the Atlantic coast of Canada that serves as the outlet for the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence waterway and is bordered by several eastern Canadian provinces.

A. Hudson Strait
Hudson Strait is a large Arctic waterway in northeastern Canada that connects the Atlantic Ocean to Hudson Bay and serves as an important historical and modern shipping route.
B. Gulf of Maine
The Gulf of Maine is a large, biologically rich and cold-water marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean off the northeastern coast of the United States and southeastern Canada.
C. Placentia Bay
Placentia Bay is a large bay on the southeast coast of Newfoundland, Canada, historically notable as the site where Churchill and Roosevelt met in 1941 to agree on the Atlantic Charter.
D. Baffin Bay
Baffin Bay is a marginal sea between Greenland and Canada, known for its Arctic climate, extensive sea ice, and role as a key passage between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans.
E. Labrador Sea
The Labrador Sea is a marginal sea of the North Atlantic Ocean between Greenland and the Labrador Peninsula, known for its cold waters, deep convection, and role in North Atlantic ocean circulation.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	body of water ⓘ gulf ⓘ sea ⓘ
borderedBy	New Brunswick ⓘ Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ Nova Scotia ⓘ Prince Edward Island ⓘ Quebec ⓘ linked to: Quebec, Canada
connectedTo	Bay of Fundy ⓘ Cabot Strait ⓘ Great Lakes–St. Lawrence waterway ⓘ linked to: Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system Northumberland Strait ⓘ St. Lawrence River ⓘ linked to: Saint Lawrence River Strait of Belle Isle ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
drainageFrom	Great Lakes ⓘ
governedBy	Fisheries and Oceans Canada ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	important shipping route ⓘ seasonal sea ice ⓘ semi-enclosed sea ⓘ
hasEcosystemType	estuarine ecosystem ⓘ marine ecosystem ⓘ
hasFishery	groundfish fishery ⓘ shellfish fishery ⓘ
hasFishSpecies	cod ⓘ herring ⓘ mackerel ⓘ
hasIsland	Anticosti Island ⓘ Cape Breton Island ⓘ Magdalen Islands ⓘ Newfoundland ⓘ linked to: island of Newfoundland Prince Edward Island ⓘ
hasMarineMammal	seal ⓘ whale ⓘ
hasPort	Charlottetown ⓘ Corner Brook ⓘ Quebec City ⓘ Sept-Îles ⓘ Sydney, Nova Scotia ⓘ
locatedIn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ eastern Canada ⓘ
locatedOn	Atlantic coast of Canada ⓘ
mouthOf	St. Lawrence River ⓘ linked to: Saint Lawrence River
partOf	Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Seaway system ⓘ linked to: Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ linked to: Atlantic Ocean
usedFor	commercial shipping ⓘ fishing ⓘ marine transportation ⓘ tourism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (255)

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

Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system → flowsInto → Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ

Treaty of Paris (1783) → fishingArea → Gulf of Saint Lawrence ⓘ

linked to: Gulf of St. Lawrence

Saint Pierre and Miquelon → borderingSea → Gulf of Saint Lawrence ⓘ

subject linked to: Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)

linked to: Gulf of St. Lawrence

Prince Edward Island → border → Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ

Newfoundland and Labrador → borderedBy → Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ

Saint Lawrence River → mouth → Gulf of Saint Lawrence ⓘ

linked to: Gulf of St. Lawrence

Saint Lawrence River → emptiesInto → Gulf of Saint Lawrence ⓘ

linked to: Gulf of St. Lawrence

Quebec–Newfoundland and Labrador border → adjacentTo → Gulf of Saint Lawrence ⓘ

linked to: Gulf of St. Lawrence

New Brunswick → bordersBodyOfWater → Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ

subject linked to: New Brunswick, Canada

Charlottetown → locatedInBasin → Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ

Definitive Treaty of Peace → fishingRightsArea → Gulf of Saint Lawrence ⓘ

linked to: Gulf of St. Lawrence

Lower Canada → locatedIn → Gulf of Saint Lawrence region ⓘ

linked to: Gulf of St. Lawrence

Quebec → hasBodyOfWater → Gulf of Saint Lawrence ⓘ

subject linked to: Quebec, Canada

linked to: Gulf of St. Lawrence

Norse voyages to North America → destination → Gulf of St. Lawrence region ⓘ

linked to: Gulf of St. Lawrence

Louis Jolliet → explored → Gulf of St. Lawrence region ⓘ

linked to: Gulf of St. Lawrence

Maritime Canada → containsBodyOfWater → Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ

Saint-Pierre → borderedByBodyOfWater → Gulf of Saint Lawrence ⓘ

linked to: Gulf of St. Lawrence

Great Lakes Waterway → connectsWith → Gulf of Saint Lawrence ⓘ

subject linked to: Great Lakes waterway

linked to: Gulf of St. Lawrence

Miquelon-Langlade → borderedBy → Gulf of Saint Lawrence ⓘ

linked to: Gulf of St. Lawrence

American lobster → foundIn → Gulf of Saint Lawrence ⓘ

linked to: Gulf of St. Lawrence

New Brunswick → borderedByBodyOfWater → Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ

Jacques Cartier → explored → Gulf of Saint Lawrence ⓘ

linked to: Gulf of St. Lawrence

Cape Breton Highlands National Park → borders → Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ

island of Newfoundland → locatedEastOf → Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ

Garden of the Gulf → locatedIn → Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ

Garden of the Gulf → associatedWith → Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ

Summerside → coast → Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ

Northumberland Strait → partOf → Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ

Northumberland Strait → connectsTo → Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ

Northumberland Strait → locatedInBodyOfWater → Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ

Cabot Trail → hasViewOf → Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ

Maritime Provinces → coastlineFeature → Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ

Prince Edward Island National Park → locatedOnCoastOf → Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ

Canada East → borderedBy → Gulf of Saint Lawrence ⓘ

linked to: Gulf of St. Lawrence

L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site → partOf → Gulf of St. Lawrence region ⓘ

linked to: Gulf of St. Lawrence

Anticosti Island → locatedIn → Gulf of Saint Lawrence ⓘ

linked to: Gulf of St. Lawrence

Long Range Mountains → adjacentTo → Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ

Long Range Mountains → drainageTo → Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ

Cape Breton Island → locatedIn → Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ

Cape Breton Island → borderedBy → Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ

Ekuanitshit → locatedNear → Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ

Nutashkuan → locatedOn → Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ

Unamen Shipu → locatedNear → Gulf of Saint Lawrence ⓘ

linked to: Gulf of St. Lawrence

Côte-Nord → bordersBodyOfWater → Gulf of Saint Lawrence ⓘ

subject linked to: Côte-Nord region of Quebec

linked to: Gulf of St. Lawrence

Saint Lawrence Estuary → connects → Gulf of Saint Lawrence ⓘ

linked to: Gulf of St. Lawrence

Saint Lawrence Estuary → flowsInto → Gulf of Saint Lawrence ⓘ

linked to: Gulf of St. Lawrence

Newfoundland and Labrador coastline → borders → Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ

Burin Peninsula → locatedOnCoastOf → Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ

Northeastern North America → hasFeature → Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ

Atlantic Canada → hasCoastalFeature → Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ

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