Rapides du Cheval Blanc

The Rapides du Cheval Blanc, or White Horse Rapids, flow between the Island of Montreal, Pierrefonds-Roxboro and Sainte-Dorothée, Laval on the Rivière des Prairies in Quebec.

Photo: Parcours riverain - Ville de Montréal, CC BY 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Île-Bigras station and Parc Brook.

Île-Bigras station

Railway station

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Île-Bigras is a Réseau express métropolitain station that opened on 17 November 2025. It is located on and named after Île Bigras in Laval, Quebec, Canada.

Parc Brook

Park

Photo: Ptaff, CC0.

Parc Brook is a park.

Pierrefonds-Roxboro is a Réseau express métropolitain station that opened on 17 November 2025. The REM station replaced a commuter train station named Roxboro-Pierrefonds on the Deux-Montagnes line of the Exo network, which closed in 2020.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Roxboro and Dollard-des-Ormeaux.

Roxboro

Neighborhood

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Roxboro was a city on the Island of Montreal. It was founded in 1914, and ceased to exist on 1 January 2002 as a result of municipal reorganization in Quebec.

Dollard-des-Ormeaux

Town

Photo: P199, Public domain.

Dollard-des-Ormeaux is a city and a predominantly English-speaking suburb of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is the most populous suburb on the Island of Montreal. Dollard-des-Ormeaux is situated 4½ km southeast of Rapides du Cheval Blanc.

Sainte-Geneviève

Neighborhood

Photo: Parcours riverain - Ville de Montréal, CC BY 2.0.

Sainte-Geneviève was a municipality located on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is now part of the Borough of L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève in the City of Montreal, created on January 1, 2002. Sainte-Geneviève is situated 5 km southwest of Rapides du Cheval Blanc.