LAWRENCE, Gulf of St., the gulf which receives the waters of the numerous lakes and rivers of the Canadian portion of the American continent, and is formed by the western coast of Newfoundland, the eastern shores of Labrador, the eastern extremity of the province of New Brunswick, and by part of Nova Scotia and the island of Cape Breton. It communicates with the Atlantic by three different channels, namely, by the Gut of Canso, which divides Cape Breton from Nova Scotia, by a wider and main channel between Cape North in Cape Breton Isle and Cape Ray in Newfoundland, and by the narrow straits of Belleisle, which separate the coast of Labrador from Newfoundland. The distance from Cape Rosier, Gaspé Bay, to Cape Ray in Newfoundland, is seventy-nine leagues; and from Nova Scotia to Labrador, the distance is one hundred and six leagues. Several islands are situated in the gulf, of which the one most dangerous to navigators is St Paul's, a small barren isle lying between Newfoundland and Cape Breton. On the south side of the bay is St John's or Prince Edward's Island; to the northward are the small Magdalen Islands, eleven in number; north of the Magdalens is Brion's Island; and beyond this are the Bird Isles or Rocks, the most northerly of which is in lat. 47.50. 28. north, and long. 61. 12. 53. west. On this island it is proposed to erect a light-house.