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unusual facts about St. Laurent



Fritz Zweigelt

At Klosterneuburg, he bred what became known as the Zweigelt grape from Blaufränkisch and St. Laurent in 1922, and Blauburger from Blaufränkisch and Blauer Portugieser the following year.

John Inglis and Company

In 1951 they completed a new plant in Scarborough, Ontario to produce the English Electric Yarrows-100 naval steam turbine under license for Canadian destroyers, including the St. Laurent-class and Restigouche-class.

Restigouche River

Among the VIPs who have been guests at the river's fishing lodges include the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson, Hubert Humphrey, Ted Williams, Lord Beaverbrook, Bing Crosby, Louis St. Laurent, Maurice Richard, Norman Schwarzkopf, George H. W. Bush, and Brian Mulroney, to name but a few.


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Cowboy Jimmy Moore

Moore first partnered with hustler cum exhibition player, Ray St. Laurent, a colorful character who staged exhibitions wearing a red cape and mask while billed as "The Red Devil".

Duke of Kent House, Quebec

After the Duke's marriage in 1818 to the widow of the Prince of Leiningen, Madame de St. Laurent retired to a convent in Paris.

Infringement Festival

Conceptualized by theatre activist Donovan King, the festival was founded in Montreal in 2004 by King and fellow theatre activists Jason C. McLean and Gary St-Laurent as a response to high registration fees and conflict-of-interest sponsorships in the St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival and the trademarking of the word "Fringe" by the Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals.

Polar 8 Project

Following the Polar 8 Project cancellation, CCG funded the modernization overhaul and hull extension of the Louis S. St-Laurent in order to maintain a strategic presence in the Arctic Ocean.

Roesel's bush-cricket

It was first reported in Montreal and Ville St. Laurent by Urqhart and Baudry (1953) in Canada.