Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river, about 265 km (165 mi) long, rising in northwest Wisconsin and flowing generally south along the Minnesota border to the Mississippi River southeast of St. Paul.
- A river, about 120 km (75 mi) long, forming part of the boundary between eastern Maine and southwest New Brunswick, Canada. It rises in a series of lakes and flows generally southeast to Passamaquoddy Bay. In 1604 Samuel de Champlain established a colony on Saint Croix Island near the mouth of the river, but the settlement was abandoned in 1605.
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Examples
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While the viability of air bubble curtains depends on the specific geographic locations for proposed barriers on the Saint Croix River, it's extremely encouraging to see that alternative methods are not only on the table for discussion but being pushed as major priorities.
Mark Biel: Getting It Right in the Gopher State Mark Biel 2011
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While the viability of air bubble curtains depends on the specific geographic locations for proposed barriers on the Saint Croix River, it's extremely encouraging to see that alternative methods are not only on the table for discussion but being pushed as major priorities.
Mark Biel: Getting It Right in the Gopher State Mark Biel 2011
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A Maine fisherman took us up the Saint Croix River in his boat.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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A Maine fisherman took us up the Saint Croix River in his boat.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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Two joint boundary commissions were set up to establish correctly the boundary line in the northeast (it agreed on the Saint Croix River) and in the northwest (this one never met).
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