Lake Saint-Louis is a lake in southwestern Quebec , Canada, at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa rivers. The Saint Lawrence Seaway passes through the lake.
14-1042: Lake St. Louis is a widening of the St. Lawrence River in the Hochelaga Archipelago . It is also fed by the Ottawa River via the Lake of Two Mountains at Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue , the Beauharnois Canal , the Soulanges Canal , the Saint-Louis River , and the Châteauguay River . The lake is bounded to the north and the east by the Island of Montreal , by Beauharnois-Salaberry , Roussillon , and Vaudreuil-Soulanges . The town of Beauharnois with its power-dam and canal lie to
28-617: A Pointe-Claire industrial site. Hochelaga Archipelago The Hochelaga Archipelago ( French : Archipel d'Hochelaga ), also known as the Montreal Islands , is a group of 234 islands at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa rivers in the southwestern part of the province of Quebec , Canada. As of 1 July 2021, the Hochelaga Archipelago officially had 2,556,040 inhabitants in
42-613: A paper mill south of Edinburgh in Scotland . The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Valleyfield , founded in 1892. Salaberry-de-Valleyfield is also the seat of the judicial district of Beauharnois since 1901. In 2002, the city of 26,170 amalgamated with the following communities (2001 Canada census figures): Situated on Grande-Île , an island in the Saint Lawrence River , it
56-525: A population of 42,787 living in 20,073 of its 20,962 total private dwellings, a change of 5% from its 2016 population of 40,745 . With a land area of 108.56 km (41.92 sq mi), it had a population density of 394.1/km (1,020.8/sq mi) in 2021. The city council is composed of the mayor and eight city councillors. The municipal elections are held every four years. Each councillor stands for his/her district. List of former mayors: The Musée de Société des Deux-Rives (MUSO), which covers
70-561: Is a city in southwestern Quebec , Canada, in the Regional County Municipality of Beauharnois-Salaberry . The population as of 2021 was 42,410. The historic downtown is a major touristic centre for the area. Due to the presence of Lake St. Francis on the St. Lawrence River , St. Francis Bay in downtown, and of numerous rivers and canals all over the town, the city is nicknamed "The Venice of Quebec". The actual city
84-399: Is bordered at its western end by Lake Saint Francis , with the Saint Lawrence to the north and the Beauharnois Canal to its south. The Port of Valleyfield is on the canal. Salaberry-de-Valleyfield has a humid continental climate ( Dfb ) with warm summers and long, cold, and snowy winters. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Salaberry-de-Valleyfield had
98-510: The Îles de Boucherville , featuring a Québec National Park , Île Perrot , Salaberry-de-Valleyfield and the neighbouring Grande-Île , as well as the smaller Dorval Island and Dowker Island . The archipelago takes its name from Hochelaga , an Iroquoian settlement on the Island of Montreal that was later settled by the French and grew to become the modern city of Montreal . Salaberry-de-Valleyfield Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
112-539: The archipelago, most notably Nuns' Island (also known as Île des Sœurs in French), Île Bizard , and the two islands that served as the site of Expo 67 , namely Saint Helen's Island (in French Île Sainte-Hélène) and the artificial Île Notre-Dame . The second-largest island in the archipelago is Île Jésus , which along with the Îles Laval and several smaller islands makes up the city of Laval . Other islands include
126-522: The city on Bay Saint-François. It is an international hydroplane competition, in which power boats achieve speeds of up to 225 km/h. Attracting over 130,000 visitors per year, it also includes other cultural activities. The Gault Institute was created by Andrew Frederick Gault . He created this school during the time that the Gault Cotton Mills were up and running. To heat the school at one time he used underground pipes connecting from
140-529: The economic and cultural history of the region, is located in the city. The city houses one of the 10 minor basilicas in Quebec. Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Cecilia , built in 1934–1935, is one of the largest churches in the country. The city has been the site of the Valleyfield Regattas since 1938. The event takes place every year at the beginning of July over a three-day period in the heart of
154-408: The following municipalities: Estimates of the number of islands in the archipelago vary. The most widely accepted number seems to be 234, although the number has been put as high as 325. The largest island in the group is the Island of Montreal , which contains most of the city of Montreal and the central section of its metropolitan area . The city has jurisdiction over 74 smaller islands in
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#1732787422455168-514: The lake. The same year, Champlain reported that a young man named Louys was drowned in what is now known as the Lachine Rapids, and in 1870 Charles-Honoré Laverdière stated that the rapids, and later the lake, were named in honour of the drowned man. A 1656 Jesuit account describes a crossing «Lac Saint Louys». In 2014 there was a report of fecal coliform flowing into the lake from a Beaconsfield creek, and of PCBs flowing into it from
182-771: The south. The West Island shore is mostly built up with private houses, but it includes some parks and clubs such as the Pointe-Claire Canoe Club , and the Pointe-Claire Yacht Club . Islands in the lake include Dorval and Dowker Islands . Lake St. Louis is the second of three fluvial lakes on the St. Lawrence River; upstream of it is Lake Saint Francis , and downstream is Lake Saint Pierre . Lake St. Louis has an average flow of 8,400 cubic metres per second (300,000 cu ft/s). The lake has many species of fish, including yellow perch . A small map by Samuel Champlain of 1611 names
196-585: Was founded in 1874, the first mayor was Moise Plante. The first settlers arrived in 1798. At that moment, the settlement was named Pointe-du-Lac (Lake Point). The colony was then renamed Saranac, then Sainte-Cécile. Salaberry-de-Valleyfield was officially named in 1874 after Colonel Charles de Salaberry who served with the British army during the War of 1812 . "Valleyfield" came from the Valleyfield Mills,
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