St. Lawrence River Map

The St. Lawrence River is a channel bordered by Canada and the United States. This map shows the St. Lawrence River highlighted in blue on shaded relief, with the surrounding coasts, rivers, borders and major cities.

St. Lawrence River Map
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How to read this map

Countries with a coast on the St. Lawrence River: Canada and the United States.

The blue outline marks the St. Lawrence River as mapped by Natural Earth. Towns and cities on the map include Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières, Kingston, Burlington and Moncton. Labeled states and countries: Vermont, Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.

Greens show lower elevations; tan and brown show higher land, with pale tones toward the highest terrain. Shadows emphasize the slopes, and vertical relief is exaggerated so landforms are easier to read. Dashed lines show country borders, and fine dashed lines show state or province borders.

The relief uses Terrain Tiles (SRTM, GMTED2010 and ETOPO1 elevation data). Rivers, lakes, borders and the outline of the St. Lawrence River come from Natural Earth, and the figures on this page from Wikidata. Natural Earth draws features at a small scale, so the outline is a guide to where the St. Lawrence River is, not a surveyed boundary.

Blank physical map

The blank version keeps the mapped features and removes the place labels. Download it for a geography worksheet or practice identifying the features.

St. Lawrence River Map without names
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St. Lawrence River facts

FactValue
Length1,200 km (744 mi)
Drainage basin1,340,000 km² (519,000 sq mi)
Average discharge10,400 m³/s (367,000 cu ft/s)
SourceLake Ontario
Mouththe Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Coastal countriesCanada and the United States
US statesNew York
TributariesSaint-Maurice river, Saguenay River, Rivière Montmorency, Rivière Manicouagan, Rivière Moisie, Rivière Betsiamites, Rivière aux Outardes, Rivière Chaudière, Saint-François River and Rivière Jacques-Cartier

Data sources and license

Map design and rendered images: Atlas of Maps, CC BY 4.0. Source databases retain their own licenses; the map license does not replace them.

Maps of the coastal countries: Canada, United States. Compare with the map of the five oceans.

Frequently asked questions

Which countries border the St. Lawrence River?

Canada and the United States.

Can I download a blank map of the St. Lawrence River?

Yes. The blank version keeps the relief, rivers and borders and the highlighted sea but removes the place names. Both versions are free to download as PNG and as an A4 PDF.

Use this map

You can download, print and share this map for free, in class, in school projects, in presentations and on websites, as long as you credit the source: St. Lawrence River Map · Atlas of Maps (atlasofmaps.com), license CC BY 4.0.

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