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Lachine

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La·chine  (l-shn, lä-)
A borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on Montreal Island and the St. Lawrence River. It was first settled as an estate by Sieur La Salle in 1668 and named for his futile dream of finding a westward passage to China.


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Now for the events at Lachine between nine and ten on the evening of last Monday.
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At noon we went on board another steamboat, and reached the village of Lachine, nine miles from Montreal, by three o'clock.
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