RIVER BASIN · SLAW

St. Lawrence

North America · shared by 2 countries

810,629km² of basin
2riparian countries
30treaties on record
47Mpeople in basin

The basin

St. Lawrence basin (blue) over its riparian countries · real geometry, TFDD & Natural Earth

Shared by

CanadaUnited States of America

30 treaties in the record

1909Treaty Between Great Britain and the United States relating to boundary waters and boundary questions
Navigation, Water Quantity
1935Exchange of Notes constituting an Agreement between the United States of America and Canada regarding the level of Lake Memphremagog
Flood Management
1940Exchange of notes between the government of the United States of America and the government of Canada constituting an agreement regarding the development of cer
Water Quantity, Hydropower
1941Agreement for the utilization of water in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Basin
1941Exchange of notes between the government of the United States and the government of Canada constituting an arrangement concerning temporary diversion for power
Water Quantity, Hydropower
1941Exchange of notes constituting an agreement between the government of the United States and the government of Canada relating to additional temporary diversion
Water Quantity, Hydropower
1941Raising the level of lake st. francis
Water Quantity, Hydropower
1942Exchange of notes constituting an agreement extending...agreement [re. raising level of Lake St. Francis, Nov. 11, 1941], Washington 5 and 9 October 1942
Water Quantity, Hydropower
1944Exchange of notes (August 31 and September 7, 1944) between Canada and the United States extending the agreement for the temporary raising of the level of Lake
Water Quantity, Hydropower
1950Treaty between the United States of America and Canada relating to the uses of the waters of the Niagara River
Water Quantity, Hydropower
1950Treaty between Canada and the United States of America concerning the diversion of the Niagara River, with agreement between Canada and Ontario and protocol of
Water Quantity
1952Exchange of notes constituting an agreement between the United States of America and Canada relating to the St. Lawrence Seaway Project, Washington
Hydropower, Navigation
1953Exchange of notes constituting an agreement between the United States and Canada relating to the establishment of the St. Lawrence River joint board of engineer
Infrastructure, Hydropower
1954Exchange of notes constituting an agreement between the United States of America and Canada modifying and supplementing the agreement of 30 June 1952 relating t
Navigation, Infrastructure
1954Exchange of Notes Constituting an Agreement Relating to the Construction of Remedial Works at Niagara Falls
1957Exchange of notes constituting an agreement relating to navigation improvements of the Great Lakes connecting channels of the Saint Lawrence Seaway
Navigation
1969Exchange of notes constituting an agreement between the United States of America and Canada for the construction of a temporary cofferdam at Niagara
Hydropower, Infrastructure
1969Exchange of notes constituting an agreement between the United States of America and Canada for the temporary diversion for power purposes of the water normally
Water Quantity, Hydropower
1972Agreement on Great Lakes water quality with annexes and attachments, signed at Ottawa
Water Quality
1973Agreement constituting appendix I, relating to gross reductions in inputs of phosphorus to Lakes Superior and Huron to the Great Lakes water quality agreement o
Water Quality
19781978 agreement between the United States and Canada on Great Lakes water quality
Water Quality, Infrastructure
1979Exchange of notes between the government of Canada and the government of the United States of America constituting an agreement with respect of article I of the
Water Quantity
1983Supplementary agreement amending the agreement between Canada and the United States of America on Great Lakes water quality, 1978
Water Quality, Infrastructure
1985Treaty Between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America Concerning Pacific Salmon
Fisheries
1987Protocol amending the 1978 agreement between the United States of American and Canada on Great Lakes water quality, as amended on 16.10.1983 ◆ GW
Water Quality
1997Protocol amending the 1978 Agreement between the United States of American and Canada on Great Lakes water quality, as amended on October 16, 1983 -- as revised ◆ GW
Water Quality
2001An Act to amend the International Boundary Waters Treaty Act
Water Quantity
2005Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin sustainable water resources agreement ◆ GW
Water Quality, Water Quantity
2012Great Lakes water quality protocol of 2012: Protocol amending the agreement between Canada and the United States of America on Great Lakes water quality, 1978, ◆ GW
Water Quality
2012Protocol amending the agreement between the United States of America and Canada on Great Lakes water quality, 1978, as amended on October 16, 1983 and November ◆ GW
Water Quality

Source: TFDD International Freshwater Treaties Database · open in the explorer →