Saint Lawrence River

Canada

The Saint Lawrence River is one of the world's great waterways, connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic through Canada. Discovered by Jacques Cartier in 1535, it was the highway of New France. Cruising its course passes Quebec City's fortress, the villages of the Charlevoix coast, the fjord of the Saguenay joining it, the whales of Tadoussac, the thousand islands and Gaspé Peninsula, and the widening river that becomes a gulf leading to Newfoundland and Labrador.