Lachine Rapids
The Lachine Rapids are a series of rapids on the Saint Lawrence River, between the Island of Montreal and the South Shore. They are confusingly located near the borough of Lasalle and not Lachine.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: TCY, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Heron Island and Riverside Park.
Heron Island
Island
Photo: Colocho, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Heron Island is a small island of approximately 129 acres in the Saint Lawrence River and part of Sainte-Catherine, Quebec, Canada. The northern tip of the island is located in the Lachine rapids.
Riverside Park
Park
Riverside Park is a park in the LaSalle borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is bordered by Centrale Street to the south, 35e Avenue to the west, Raymond Street to the east and a school and an adult education centre to the north.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sainte-Catherine and Ville-Émard.
Sainte-Catherine
Town
Photo: Pierre Bona, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sainte-Catherine is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the St. Lawrence River in the Regional County Municipality of Roussillon. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 17,347.
Ville-Émard
Neighborhood
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Ville-Émard is a neighbourhood located in the Sud-Ouest borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Ville-Émard is situated 4 km north of Lachine Rapids.
Verdun
Photo: Anthony dcp, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Verdun is a borough in the south of Montreal, bordered by the South-West borough to the north, LaSalle to the south and the west and by the St-Lawrence river to the east.
Lachine Rapids
- Type: Body of water
- Description: rapids in the Saint Lawrence river at Lachine, Quebec, Canada
- Category: rapids
- Location: Quebec, Canada, North America
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Latitude
45.41852° or 45° 25′ 7″ northLongitude
-73.58612° or 73° 35′ 10″ westElevation
12 metres (39 feet)Open location code
87Q8CC97+CHOpenStreetMap ID
node 1432317924OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Lachine Rapids” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Rapides de Lachine”
- Dutch: “Lachine-stroomversnellingen”
- French: “rapides de Lachine”
- French: “Rapides de Lachine”
- German: “Lachine-Stromschnellen”
- Japanese: “ラシーヌ瀬”
- Spanish: “Cataratas de Lachine”
- Swedish: “Rapides de Lachine”
- Turkish: “Rapides de Lachine”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as LaSalle and Côte-St-Paul.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Île au Diable and Pointe ouest du parc-des-Rapides.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lachine Rapids”. Photo: TCY, CC BY-SA 3.0.