The Saint-Pierre river is a tributary of the east bank of the
Saint-Regis River. The Saint-Pierre river flows in the municipality of
Saint-Rémi (in
Les Jardins-de-Napierville Regional County Municipality
Les Jardins-de-Napierville ''(English: The Gardens of Napierville)'' is a regional county municipality ''(French: Municipalité régionale de comté (MRC))'' in southwestern Quebec, Canada in the Montérégie region. Founded on January 1, 1982. It ...
), and
Saint-Constant (in
Roussillon Regional County Municipality
Roussillon is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is in Saint-Constant, Quebec. The region's population was 171,443 as of the 2016 census.
Subdivisions
There are 11 subdivisions and one native re ...
), in the administrative region of
Montérégie
Montérégie () is an administrative region in the southwest part of Quebec. It includes the cities of Boucherville, Brossard, Châteauguay, Longueuil, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield and Vaudreuil-Dorion.
The ...
, southwest of
Quebec
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, in Canada.
The river surface is generally frozen from mid-December to the end of March. Safe traffic on the ice is generally from late December to early March. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation.
Geography
The main hydrographic slopes neighboring the Saint-Pierre river are:
* north side:
Saint-Regis River,
St. Lawrence Seaway,
Saint Lawrence River
The St. Lawrence River (french: Fleuve Saint-Laurent, ) is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. Its headwaters begin flowing from Lake Ontario in a (roughly) northeasterly direction, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, connectin ...
;
* east side:
Rivière de la Tortue (Delson)
The rivière de la Tortue (''English: Turtle River'') is a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, flowing in the administrative region of Montérégie, southwest of the province of Quebec, in Canada. This river flows in the Regio ...
;
* south side:
Noire River (rivière de l'Esturgeon);
* west side:
rivière de l'Esturgeon (Châteauguay River).
The Saint-Pierre river takes its source from a set of agricultural streams (notably the Cordon and Marcotte streams) draining the area north of the town of
Saint-Rémi.
From
Saint-Rémi, the Saint-Pierre river flows north into agricultural land. The river is bordered on the east by
route 209
The following highways are numbered 209:
Canada
* Manitoba Provincial Road 209
* Nova Scotia Route 209
* Prince Edward Island Route 209
* Quebec Route 209
* Saskatchewan Highway 209
China
* China National Highway 209
Costa Rica
* National Rout ...
. After crossing under the
Autoroute 30 bridge, the Saint-Pierre river crosses north the town of Saint-Constant where it collects the waters of the western branch coming from the village of
Saint-Isidore; then it crosses the territory of the cities of Saint-Constant,
Delson
Delson is an off-island suburb ( South shore) of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is situated 8 mi/13 km SSE of Montreal within the regional county municipality of Roussillon in the administrative region of Montérégie. The population as ...
and
Sainte-Catherine.
The mouth of the Saint-Pierre river is just north of the
route 132 where it flows on the east bank of the Saint-Regis river. The mouth of the latter is located very close to the Côte-Sainte-Catherine lock, 3 km upstream of the mouth of the
rivière de la Tortue (Delson)
The rivière de la Tortue (''English: Turtle River'') is a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, flowing in the administrative region of Montérégie, southwest of the province of Quebec, in Canada. This river flows in the Regio ...
.
Toponymy
The toponym "Rivière Saint-Pierre" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the
Commission de toponymie du Québec
The Commission de toponymie du Québec (English: ''Toponymy Commission of Québec'') is the Government of Québec's public body responsible for cataloging, preserving, making official and publicize Québec's place names and their origins according ...
.
Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of Place Names - Toponym: "Rivière Saint-Pierre"
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See also
* List of rivers of Quebec
This is a list of rivers of Quebec. Quebec has about:
*one million lakes of which 62279 have a toponymic designation (a name), plus 218 artificial lakes;
*15228 watercourses with an official toponymic designation, including 12094 streams and 3134 ...
References
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Rivers of Montérégie
Roussillon Regional County Municipality