19-647: Verchères is an off-island suburb of Montreal , in Montérégie , Quebec , located on the south bank of the Saint Lawrence River . The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 5,759. In the 17th century, the settlement at Verchères was the scene of an Iroquois raid that was apparently thwarted by the ingenuity of a 14-year-old girl named Madeleine (now known as Madeleine de Verchères ). A cast-iron statue of Madeleine de Verchères stands today by
38-480: A population of approximately 3.7 million people who make more than 750,000 trips daily. The major transit commissions under the ARTM are: (In Montreal, except where otherwise noted.) 45°34′N 73°40′W / 45.56°N 73.66°W / 45.56; -73.66 Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality, Quebec Vaudreuil-Soulanges ( French pronunciation: [vodʁœj sulɑ̃ʒ] )
57-689: Is a regional county municipality in Quebec , Canada. It is located on a triangular peninsula in the western Montérégie region of Quebec , formed by the confluence of the Ottawa River to the north, and the St. Lawrence River to the south. Ontario is located west of here. Vaudreuil-Soulanges is part of the St Lawrence Valley . Two million years ago the region was subject to a series of glaciations that covered much of North America. The last in
76-479: Is a name of Québécois derivation, referring to its southerliness. Since the RCM formation on 14 April 1982, the division of the county into "Vaudreuil" and "Soulanges" is still salient. The "Vaudreuil" area (consisting of the municipalities of Vaudreuil-Dorion , Saint-Lazare , Hudson , L'Île-Perrot , and others) is closer to Montreal. It is more suburban, populous, and economically and ethnically diverse. By contrast,
95-411: Is the most populous metropolitan area in Quebec and the second most populous in Canada after Greater Toronto . In 2015, Statistics Canada identified Montreal 's Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) as 4,258.31 square kilometres (1,644.14 sq mi) with a population of 4,027,100, almost half that of the province. A smaller area of 3,838 square kilometres (1,482 sq mi) is governed by
114-702: The Island of Montreal , Laval ( Île Jésus ), and communities along both the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles and the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River . The ARTM's mandate also includes the management of reserved High-occupancy vehicle lanes , metropolitan bus terminuses, park-and-ride lots, and a budget of $ 163 million, which is shared amongst the transit corporations and inter-municipal public transit organizations. The Exo/ARTM's territory spans 63 municipalities and one native reserve, 13 regional county municipalities, and 21 transit authorities. It serves
133-666: The Mille-Îles River , those on the South Shore that were never included in the megacity of Longueuil , and those on the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Peninsula . Crabtree Notre-Dame-des-Prairies Saint-Charles-Borromée Only a portion of the municipalities and MRC's located in geographical entities highlighted in light gray are part of the CMM/CMA. There are 82 municipalities that are part of
152-649: The Montreal Metropolitan Community ( MMC ; French : Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal , CMM). This level of government is headed by a president (currently Montreal mayor Valérie Plante ). The inner ring is composed of densely populated municipalities located in close proximity to Downtown Montreal . It includes the entire Island of Montreal , Laval , and the Urban Agglomeration of Longueuil . Due to their proximity to Montreal's downtown core, some additional suburbs on
171-469: The South Shore ( Brossard , Saint-Lambert , and Boucherville ) are usually included in the inner ring, despite their location on the mainland. The outer ring is composed of low-density municipalities located on the fringe of Metropolitan Montreal. Most of these cities and towns are semi-rural. Specifically, the term off-island suburbs refers to those suburbs that are located on the North Shore of
190-497: The MMC and 91 municipalities that are part of the CMA. There are 79 municipalities that overlap between the two, with 3 municipalities being part of the MMC but not the CMA, and 12 municipalities being part of the CMA but not the MMC. Kanesatake and Kahnawake are not included in the previous counts. Exo operates the region's commuter rail and metropolitan bus services, and is
209-775: The Seven Years' War. It is the only county in Quebec that lies both south of the Ottawa River and north of the St. Lawrence River. Great Britain wanted to keep most of the French-speaking, ethnic French population of the area within Lower Canada during the 1791 division of Upper and Lower Canada (precursors to the provinces of Ontario and Quebec ). It is geographically isolated from the Montérégie region south of
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#1732798500149228-509: The Soulanges area (including the municipalities of Saint-Polycarpe , Saint-Zotique , Coteau-du-Lac , Rivière-Beaudette and Les Coteaux ) is predominantly rural, agricultural, and ethnically French-Canadian . Owing to the county's geographic isolation within Quebec, and its growing population as a suburb of the city of Montreal , Elections Canada assigned the electoral district to the county in 1997. There are 23 subdivisions within
247-425: The St. Lawrence. The name relates to the historical division of the area into two counties: Vaudreuil County -- (named after Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal , governor of New France ) for the communities along the Ottawa River, and Soulanges County -- (named after Pierre-Jacques Joybert de Soulanges from Soulanges, Marne , France ) for the communities along the St. Lawrence. Soulanges
266-596: The former location of the settlement stronghold on the shore of the Saint-Lawrence river. In French, the word Verchères can be used as an adjective to describe a specific type of rowboat invented in Verchères at the end of the 19th century, i.e. chaloupe verchères . A specimen of the rowboat is on permanent outdoor display during the summer and fall at the Parc Jean-Marie Moreau across from
285-466: The saltwater into the sea. 10,000 years ago the body of water, now a fresh water lake, has been named by scholars as Lake Lampsilis . During the French colonial period, the region of New France was divided into several seigneuries populated by French colonists. The seigneurial system was finally abolished in 1854, nearly a century after Great Britain took over the territory after defeating France in
304-650: The second busiest such system in Canada after Toronto's GO Transit. Established in June 2007, Exo's commuter rail system has six lines linking the downtown core with communities as far west as Hudson , as Far south as Mont-Saint-Hilaire , as far east as Mascouche , and as far north as Saint-Jérôme . Along with Exo, a sister agency, the Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain ( ARTM ) plans, integrates, and coordinates public transport across Greater Montreal, including
323-525: The series was the Wisconsin glaciation . The ice sheet weighed down the landscape. This created the depressions in the land that created the basins for Lake Saint-Louis , Lac des Deux-Montagnes and Lake Saint-Francis . As the ice sheet eroded, the region was mostly submerged 12,000 years ago by an inland saltwater sea known as the Champlain sea . Once the glacier was melted, the land rose again, pushing
342-637: The south shore. The river plays a significant role in the economy of Verchères, offering picturesque views and opportunities for recreational activities. The terrain is relatively flat, typical of the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands , with some gentle elevations and wppded areas. The landscape of Verchères is typically rural, with farmland, natural areas and residential zones. [REDACTED] Media related to Verchères at Wikimedia Commons Off-island suburbs Greater Montreal ( French : Grand Montréal , [ɡʁɑ̃ mɔ̃ʁeal] )
361-490: The town office. The motto of Verchères is In Tenebris Lumen Rectis Corde . The streets of Verchères are mostly named after the patronyms of residing families but also after local people who rose to celebrity in Canadian history . Verchères is located about 40 km east of Montréal . The municipality is traversed by Road 132 , an important road that runs along the St. Lawrence River and connects several municipalities along
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