Laurentian

Laurentian (French: Laurentides or Laurentien) may refer to:

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  • Relation to Saint Lawrence

Geography

North America

  • Laurentide Ice Sheet, the continental glacier covering much of North America during the Pleistocene Epoch
  • Relating to the Saint Lawrence River

Canada

  • Laurentia, the craton at the heart of the North American continent
  • Canadian Shield, also known as the Laurentian Shield or the Laurentian Plateau.
  • Laurentian Divide, also known as the "Northern Divide", a continental divide in North America
  • Laurentian Mountains in Quebec
  • Laurentian Upland
  • Laurentian Abyss or Abyssal – a trench off the eastern coast of Canada
  • Laurentides, administrative region in Quebec
  • Laurentides Wildlife Reserve, in Quebec
  • Saint-Lin–Laurentides, a municipality in Quebec
  • Laurentien (Quebec City) (in French: quartier "Notre-Dame-des-Laurentides"), a borough in Quebec City, Quebec
  • Laurentian, Ontario, a neighbourhood within Valley East, Ontario

Other

  • Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario
  • Laurentian Bank of Canada
  • Laurentian language, a language in the Iroquoian family of languages
  • Laurentian French, the variety of the French language spoken in Canada
  • Laurentian Codex, a Russian manuscript
  • Laurentian library or Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana of Florence, Italy
  • Laurentian (train), operated by the Delaware & Hudson
  • Pontiac Laurentian, a Canadian automobile
  • Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands, member of the Dutch royal family
  • Laurentien (art supplies), a Canadian brand of art supplies
  • Laurentian Society, a student society of Trinity College, Dublin University
  • Laurentian Consensus, a Canadian political theory

See also

  • Laurentia (disambiguation)
  • Lawrencian, relating to English writer and poet D. H. Lawrence
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