River Lune to the Irish Sea at Glasson Dock. In 1847 the Commissioners built a pair of lighthouses near Cockersand Abbey to help guide ships into the port. The lower lighthouse, known as the Plover Scar Lighthouse, (sometimes called Abbey lighthouse) still stands on Plover Scar, and it remains operational. The old high light, a square wooden tower, was demolished in 1954; but the former keepers' cottage, built alongside the high light, can still be seen. Lancaster (and hence also Lancashire) is named after the Lune. The name of the ancient hundred of Lonsdale is also derived from the river. The river
English River (Ontario) the Canadian Pacific Railway transcontinental main line. The English River flows through Lac Seul to its mouth at the Winnipeg River, which flows via the Nelson River to Hudson Bay. English River (Ontario) The English River is a river in Kenora District and Thunder Bay District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. It flows through Lac Seul to join the Winnipeg River as a right tributary. The river is in the Hudson Bay drainage basin, is long and has a drainage basin of . There are several hydroelectric plants on this river. There is also a settlement on the river called English