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La Salle city (1990 pop. 9,717), La Salle co., N Ill., on the Illinois River; settled 1830, inc. 1852. It forms a tricity unit with Peru and Oglesby. Corn, wheat, and soybeans are grown, and cattle and hogs are raised. Manufactures include chemicals, cement, circuit boards, and nonferrous metal products. The city developed as an important water transportation center after the opening of the Illinois and Michigan Canal in 1848.

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La Salle, Canada, USA 1. Canada (Quebec): settled in 1668 when René‐Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle^† established a fortified town which he called Saint‐Sulpice after St Sulpicius (d. 647), bishop of Bourges in France. It was subsequently renamed La Petite Chine or Lachine. The city became known as La Salle after its founder in 1912 when some of the inhabitants moved to the present site of Lachine and took the name with them.2. USA (Illinois): settled in 1830 and named after the Sieur de la Salle^†.

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