- Lachine
- geographical name town Canada in S Quebec above the Lachine Rapids on St. Lawrence River SW of Montreal population 40,222
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
Lachine
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Lachine — Vieux hangar (1803) de la Compagnie du Nord Ouest sur le bord du canal de Lachine … Wikipédia en Français
Lachine — Stadt Montreal Fläche 17,7 km² … Deutsch Wikipedia
Lachine — (French: La Chine The China ) may refer to a number of places in the Montreal area:*Lachine, Quebec the community; *the Lachine Rapids; *the Lachine Canal; *The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site; *the Lachine train station on the Dorion … Wikipedia
Lachine — ville du Québec, sur le Saint Laurent, près des rapides de Lachine; 35 260 hab. Banlieue industr. de Montréal (constr. métallurgiques et navales) … Encyclopédie Universelle
Lachine — (spr. laschīn), Stadt in der Grafschaft Jacques Cartier der kanad. Provinz Quebec, 13 km südwestlich von Montreal, links am St. Lorenzstrom, der hier starke Stromschnellen (Sault Saint Louis u.a.) bildet, die in dem 14 km langen und 4,8 m tiefen… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Lachine — [lə shēn′] [< Fr chine, China: derisive name applied to the land grant of explorer LA SALLE Sieur Robert Cavelier de, in ref. to his failure to find a westward passage to China] city in S Quebec, Canada, on Montreal Island: pop. 35,000 … English World dictionary
Lachine — /leuh sheen /; Fr. /lann sheen /, n. a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Quebec, on the St. Lawrence. 37,521. * * * ▪ Quebec, Canada former city, Montréal region, southern Quebec province, Canada. Until 2002 it was a western suburb of… … Universalium
Lachine — Said to have been named by La Salle s men, in derision of his dream of a westward passage to China. The land was granted by the Sulpicians to La Salle as a seigniory in 1666; and from here he set forth on his memorable explorations, in 1669.… … The makers of Canada
Lachine (Montréal) — Lachine 45° 25′ 59″ N 73° 40′ 54″ W / 45.433037, 73.681778 … Wikipédia en Français
Lachine massacre — Part of King William s War, Iroquois Wars Map of Montreal, 1687 to 1723. The Lachine settlement was l … Wikipedia
