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Laurentia [< fem. form of Latin Laurentius Lawrence] Often Poetic

• n. the region north of the St. Lawrence River, formerly New France and its hinterland.

  • 1761  (1965)  
    Happy Laurentia, to thy farthest shore,
    Lavish of life, a chosen band she led;
    And to those royal towers her standard bore,
    Whence fell Oppression, Gallic tyrant fled.
  • 1889  Laurentia! Superb Laurentia! / Thy mountains in the garment of the cloud. . . .
  • 1963  Because so much of the story deals with trips here and there around Laurentia and Acadia, the need for a guide should have been obvious.