Experts with the federal Fisheries Department and Parks Canada are searching the St. Lawrence River estuary for a North Atlantic right whale tangled in fishing gear.

Experts with the federal Fisheries Department and Parks Canada are searching the St. Lawrence River estuary for a North Atlantic right whale tangled in fishing gear.

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says it's aware of an entangled North Atlantic right whale on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River estuary.

All other colonies that wished to join the nascent nation would have to get approval from 9 of the U.S.’s 13 states. Canada, of course, never took the U.S. up on its offer. Still, the proposal ...

There can be as many as 1,000 common eider nests per acre on some islands. At one and a half feet long, common eiders are the Northern Hemisphere’s largest duck. Birds in the St. Lawrence region are ...

An icebreaker cruise ship set sail on Friday for a frosty journey that will bring passengers along the St. Lawrence River, a new route that tourism officials hope will usher in a new era of winter ...

MONTREAL — A ship that had been stuck in the St. Lawrence River northeast of Montreal since Christmas Eve was successfully refloated on Tuesday. The Canadian Coast Guard says the MV Maccoa has ...

The warming of the deep waters, which has been observed for several years, contributes to hypoxia, i.e. a reduction in oxygen levels. The deep waters of the St. Lawrence are a mixture of the warm ...

A graph from a report on the St. Lawrence Estuary shows declining oxygen levels. St. Lawrence Action Plan Researchers from the Quebec and federal governments are concerned about the declining ...

Aug. 30—WATERTOWN — Regulators of Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River levels said Friday they will deviate slightly from their standard regulation plan to benefit Lake St. Lawrence levels. The ...

The Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park is one of the best places in the world to go whale watching, and it’s one of a number of highlights in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec. The protected waterway is ...