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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on the south bank of Montreal Island. It was first settled as an estate by Sieur La Salle in 1668 and named for his futile dream of finding a westward passage to China.
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Chemin Upper Lachine is supposed to under, not over, the railroad.
Archive 2009-09-01 AYDIN 2009
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Chemin Upper Lachine is supposed to under, not over, the railroad.
One problem with Google Maps AYDIN 2009
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Bellow was born Solomon Bellow in Lachine, Quebec, in 1915, two years after his parents had arrived there from St Petersburg.
Saul Bellow's widow on his life and letters: 'His gift was to love and be loved' Rachel Cooke 2010
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Peter Blaikie first ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate in Lachine, an urban Montreal riding, in the 1979 federal election.
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The name Lachine rapids, or the China rapids, which was afterwards given to these, remains to remind us that Cartier was searching for a passage to China.
Introductory American History Elbert Jay Benton
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Today they are called the Lachine Rapids, an ironic echo of Champlain’s search for a passage to China.21
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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Today they are called the Lachine Rapids, an ironic echo of Champlain’s search for a passage to China.21
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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The married officers live out of barracks, and the Colonel has during all this time occupied a villa called Lachine, about half a mile from the north camp.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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The married officers live out of barracks, and the Colonel has during all this time occupied a villa called Lachine, about half a mile from the north camp.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902
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The married officers live out of barracks, and the Colonel has during all this time occupied a villa called Lachine, about half a mile from the north camp.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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