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Feb 12, 2014 · It goes without saying that the St. Lawrence River is a fundamental part of Montreal. La grande riviere du Canada dictated the spatial placement and development of the initial European settlement, fostered its growth into the major Canadian metropolis, and shaped the modern city in profound ways.
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Until the early 17th century, the French used the name Rivière du Canada to designate the St. Lawrence upstream to Montreal and the Ottawa River after Montreal. The St. Lawrence River served as the main route for European exploration of the North American interior, first pioneered by French explorer Samuel de Champlain .
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The river's drainage basin covers some 1 million km2, of which 505,000 km2 is in the US. Its mean discharge of almost 10,100 m3/s is the largest in Canada. Its greatest tributary, the Ottawa River, drains some 140,000 km2, the Saguenay River about 88,000 km2, the Manicouagan River about 45,000 km2, the St-Maurice River some 43,300 km2 and the Riche...
The westerly limit of the St. Lawrence River itself has been set at Everett Point, Lake Ontario. The section from Kingston to Montreal is called the International Rapids, as sudden drops in the riverbed create a series of rapids (this portion was flooded in the 1960s, forming Lake St. Lawrence). The river begins as an extended arm of Lake Ontario, ...
Over the course of the river, the vegetation varies from deciduous, mixed and coniferous forest to taiga. There are sandbank grasses in the freshwater course, and seaweed and other saltwater plants in the middle and maritime estuary. Fish include smelt, sturgeon and herring. Beluga whales inhabit the lower course, on whichwalruswas once also abunda...
Sedentary Indigenous groups — likely Iroquoian — were settled at the present sites of Quebec (Stadacona) and Montreal (Hochelaga) at the time of Jacques Cartier's first explorations in the area in 1535. They had disappeared by the time Champlain founded Quebec in 1608, possibly dispersed by the nomadic Innu, Etchemin and Algonquin, with whom the Fr...
Montréal: 375 Years of History and Heritage. On 17 May 1642, a group of French settlers led by Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve and Jeanne Mance established the missionary colony of Ville-Marie on the Island of Montréal. Today, this modest settlement founded in the middle of the St. Lawrence River is Canada’s second largest city and home to ...
Montreal is defined by its location in between the St. Lawrence river on its south, and by the Rivière des Prairies on its north. The city is named after the most prominent geographical feature on the island, a three-head hill called Mount Royal .
Apr 7, 2009 · Montreal is Canada’s second largest city and is home to nearly half of the province of Quebec’s population. It is the metropolis of the province and was the most populous city in Canada for a century and a half. It is located in southwestern Quebec on Île de Montreal at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and Ottawa rivers.
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Aug 12, 2018 · The St. Pierre River is one of more than 30 rivers and streams that once traversed the Island of Montreal. Originating in streams on Mount Royal, the St. Pierre River flowed via several tributaries through Côte Saint-Luc, Ville Saint-Pierre, Saint-Henri and Verdun.
