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Saint Lambert

(Encyclopedia) Saint LambertSaint Lambertsānt lămˈbərt [key], city (1991 pop. 20,976), S Que., Canada, on the St. Lawrence River. It is a residential suburb of Montreal.

Verdun, city, Canada

(Encyclopedia) VerdunVerdunvərdŭnˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 61,307), S Que., Canada, on the south shore of Montreal island, on the St. Lawrence River. It is a residential suburb of Montreal.

Sainte Thérèse

(Encyclopedia) Sainte ThérèseSainte ThérèsesăNt tārĕzˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 24,158), S Que., Canada, on the St. Lawrence River, NW of Montreal. It has factories producing automobile parts, pianos,…

Beauport

(Encyclopedia) Beauport Beauport bōpôrˈ [key], city, S Que., Canada, on the St. Lawrence River. It is a suburb of…

Dorval

(Encyclopedia) Dorval Dorval dôrvälˈ [key], city, S Que., Canada, on the south shore of Montreal island and on…

Caughnawaga

(Encyclopedia) CaughnawagaCaughnawagakäˈnəwäˌgə [key], community and Native American reserve, S Que., Canada, on the Saint Lawrence River opposite Lachine. It was founded (1676) as a refuge for…

Mount Vernon, estate, United States

(Encyclopedia) Mount Vernon, NE Va., overlooking the Potomac River near Alexandria, S of Washington, D.C.; home of George Washington from 1747 until his death in 1799. The land was patented in 1674,…

Sully, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Sully, Thomas, 1783–1872, American painter, b. England. Having come to the United States as a child, he first studied with his brother Lawrence, a miniaturist, and later for a brief…

George Roland MALBY, Congress, NY (1857-1912)

MALBY, George Roland, a Representative from New York; born in Canton, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., September 16, 1857; attended Canton Union School and St. Lawrence University, Canton, N.Y.;…