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Lac Saint-Jean. / 48.59444°N 72.03000°W / 48.59444; -72.03000. Lac Saint-Jean ( Canadian French: [lak sẽ ʒã]) is a large, relatively shallow lake in south-central Quebec, Canada, in the Laurentian Highlands. It is situated 206 km (128 mi) north of the Saint Lawrence River, into which it drains via the Saguenay River.
June 24, 2024. ( 2024-06-24) Frequency. Annual. Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day ( French: Fête de la Saint-Jean-Baptiste, la Saint-Jean, Fête nationale du Québec ), also known in English as St John the Baptist Day, is a holiday celebrated on June 24 in the Canadian province of Quebec. [1] [2] It was brought to Canada by French settlers celebrating ...
ˈniːvɪs / ⓘ ), officially the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, [7] is an island country consisting of the two islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis, both located in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands chain of the Lesser Antilles. With 261 square kilometres (101 sq mi) of territory, and roughly 50,000 inhabitants, it is the smallest ...
296.8/km 2 (768.7/sq mi) Santiago ( Portuguese for “ Saint James ”) is the largest island of Cape Verde, its most important agricultural centre and home to half the nation's population. Part of the Sotavento Islands, it lies between the islands of Maio (26 km (16 mi) to the east) and Fogo (55 kilometres (34 miles) to the west).
St. Lawrence Island ( Central Siberian Yupik: Sivuqaq, Russian: Остров Святого Лаврентия, romanized : Ostrov Svyatogo Lavrentiya) is located west of mainland Alaska in the Bering Sea, just south of the Bering Strait. The village of Gambell, located on the northwest cape of the island, is 50 nautical miles (95 kilometers ...
The St. Gabriel Cathedral [1] ( French: Cathédrale Saint-Gabriel de Rodrigues) is a religious building that serves as a cathedral of the Catholic Church 's Apostolic Vicariate of Rodrigues. It is located in the town of St. Gabriel (Saint Gabriel) [2] on the island of Rodrigues, [3] the third smallest island in the Mascarene archipelago ...
about 700 captured [6] The siege of Fort St. Jean (September 17 – November 3, 1775 French: Siège du Fort Saint-Jean) was conducted by American Brigadier General Richard Montgomery on the town and fort of Saint-Jean, also called St. John, St. Johns, or St. John's, in the British province of Quebec during the American Revolutionary War.
Acre ( / ˈɑːkər, ˈeɪkər / AH-kər, AY-kər ), known locally as Akko ( Hebrew: עַכּוֹ, ʻAkkō) and Akka ( Arabic: عكّا, ʻAkkā ), is a city in the coastal plain region of the Northern District of Israel . The city occupies a strategic location, sitting in a natural harbour at the extremity of Haifa Bay on the coast of the ...