The Saint Pierre River is a tributary of the Mascouche River, flowing in the southwest of

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

, in

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

. This river crosses administrative regions: *

Laurentides The Laurentides () is a region of Quebec. While it is often called the Laurentians in English, the region includes only part of the Laurentian mountains. It has a total land area of and its population was 589,400 inhabitants as of the 2016 Cens ...

Thérèse-De Blainville Regional County Municipality Thérèse-De Blainville is a regional county municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. It is located immediately north of Laval on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles. The population according to the 2016 Canadian C ...

; municipality of

Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada, 40 km northwest of the city of Montreal in the Thérèse-De Blainville Regional County Municipality, in the region of Laurentides. Its population was 14,990 during the census ...

; *

Lanaudière Lanaudière (, ) is one of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada, situated immediately to the northeast of Montreal. It has a total population ( 2016 Census) of 494,796 inhabitants, an increase of 4.9% over the 2011 census. Geogr ...

Les Moulins Regional County Municipality Les Moulins is a regional county municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. It is located immediately north of Laval on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles, and comprises the municipalities of Terrebonne and Mascouche ...

; sector La Plaine of the city of

Terrebonne Terrebonne, meaning ''good earth'' in French, is a name of several places in North America: ;Canada *Terrebonne, Quebec, a suburb of Montreal ** Terrebonne station, a commuter railway station in Terrebonne, Quebec **Terrebonne City Council, the go ...

and the city of

Mascouche Mascouche () is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southern Quebec, Canada. The city is located on the Mascouche River within the Les Moulins Regional County Municipality and has a population of 51,183, ranking 20th among Quebec municipaliti ...

. This river runs eastward from an agricultural plain at the north side of several urban areas, in parallel with the

Rivière des Mille Îles The Rivière des Mille Îles (, "Thousand Islands River") is a channel of the Ottawa River in southwestern Quebec, Canada and runs into the Rivière des Prairies. It is long. It divides Île Jésus (the city of Laval) from the North Shore, th ...

Geography

St. Pierre River rises on the north side of the village of

. This source is located at: * north-west of

; * north-east of the airport terminal to the Mirabel Airport; * northwest from the confluence of the Saint Pierre River. Course of the river From its source, the Saint Pierre River flows on , according to the following segments: * north-east to the edge of the town of

(

); * to the northeast in the La Plaine of the city of

, to the main street of the village "La Plaine"; * eastward to the main road serving the village "Domaine du Boisé"; * (or in direct line). In the city of

, winding up to the confluence of the river The confluence of the Saint Pierre River empties into a river bend on the north bank of the Mascouche River, is north of the urban area of the city of

Toponymy

On the Christian origin, the place name is known since the beginning of the concession of the

Seigneurie des Plaines In English law, seignory or seigniory, spelled ''signiory'' in Early Modern English (; french: seigneur, lit=lord; la, senior, lit=elder), is the lordship (authority) remaining to a grantor after the grant of an estate in fee simple. ''Nulle terre ...

, circa 1731. The settlers began clearing lots before 1740 along the St. Pierre River, which allowed a winter ice road before the development of roads along the river. This name is attested the first time in 1853 with exact location on the map of Francis Joseph Bouchette. The erection of documents of the parish of Mascouche, 1829-1831, indicate that the St. Pierre River has been designated "Ruisseau de la Plaine". Joseph Bouchette map of 1831 indicates that stream "Riv. St Mary ", echoing the designation appearing in a confession and enumeration of

Seigneurie de Terrebonne In English law, seignory or seigniory, spelled ''signiory'' in Early Modern English (; french: seigneur, lit=lord; la, senior, lit=elder), is the lordship (authority) remaining to a grantor after the grant of an estate in fee simple. ''Nulle terre ...

in 1736. The place name "Saint Pierre River" was formalized December 5, 1968, at the Bank of place names of

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 ...

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Pierre (Mascouche), river Rivers of Laurentides Rivers of Lanaudière Tributaries of the Saint Lawrence River

Geography

Toponymy

See also

References