Everything about The Richelieu River totally explained
The
Richelieu River is a river in
Quebec,
Canada. It flows from
Lake Champlain about 171 km (106 miles) north, ending into the
St. Lawrence River at Sorel. It has a drainage basin of 23,400 km² (9035 miles²), of which 19,600 km² (7570 miles²) are in the United States, and a mean discharge of 330 m³/s (430 yd³/s).
St. Jean,
Chambly, and
Sorel are important communities on its route.
The
French explorer
Samuel de Champlain was the first European to reach the mouth of the river in
1609. Already an important pathway for the Iroquois Indians, it soon became one for French traders as well. They built forts along its length:
Fort Richelieu at its mouth, Fort St. Louis (or Chambly), Fort Ste. Thérese and Fort St. Jean on the way, and Fort Ste. Anne on the Isle La Motte in Lake Champlain near its source. Some early journals and maps refer to the lower river as the Sorel River. Formerly also called Iroquois River, its French name comes from Fort Richelieu, which in turn was named in memory of
Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642).
The
Chambly Canal (9 locks) permits boats to bypass the rapids at
St-Jean-sur-Richelieu and Chambly.The
Piste cyclable du Canal-de-Chambly
is a 20 km bicycle path that follows the towpath along the canal. The bike path is part of Quebec's
Route Verte bicycle path network. The canal is a
National Historic Site of Canada and is operated by
Parks Canada.
The
Champlain Canal and
Lake Champlain form the U.S. portion of the
Lakes to Locks Passage, linking with the
Hudson River and allowing navigation using the Richelieu between the St. Lawrence River and New York City and the
Erie Canal.
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