DeVilbiss High School - Pot O Gold Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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way bridge removel. Though ice-cholcec. for four months every year and marred by thundering waterfalls and swirling rapids, the St. Lawrence River has tormented genera- tions of men with its potential greatness as an inland waterway. Finally, in our generation, this dream of centuries will be realized. The St. Lawrence was first seen by Iacgues Cartier on his second trip to the New World in l535. As he sailed into its wide mouth, he, too, had visions of its future. For he felt that here was the water route to the fabled Spice Islands of the Orient. But the govern- ments were concerned with other mat- ters and the idea of exploration of the upper St. Lawrence lay idle. I-Iowever, a turning point came when Samuel de Champlain, as part of a colonizing force, became fascin- ated with the thought of exploration of the river. I-Ie pieced together from the Indians the geography of the place - the waterfalls, the rapids, and, most fascinating of all, the Great Lakes. I'Ie became inflamed with a desire to see this country and discover for himself whether this waterway led to the Indies. Because Champlain lacked a spon- sor, it was several years before he re- turned to the St. Lawrence. Whien he did, he organized the colony of Quebec and set out on his famous journey in which he discovered the Great Lakes. Under the rule of the French, the St. Lawrence Valley prospered. The main influences were the Iesuit priests and the French fur-trappers. The priests converted the Indians to Christianity while the fur-trappers settled the area. But conflict between the French and English on the coast was inevitable. The river became English and still la- ter the boundary between Canada and