L’Assomption River
The Assomption River is the most important waterway in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. It is over 200 kilometres long, and has a drainage basin of 4,220 square kilometres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Gene.arboit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: watercourse in Quebec, Canada
- Also known as: “Assomption River”, “Riviere L’Assomption”, and “Rivière L’Assomption”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Parc Champigny and Le Gardeur Bridge.
Le Gardeur Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Parcours riverain Montréal, CC BY 2.0.
The Le Gardeur Bridge is a beam bridge that connects the east end of the island of Montreal, in Pointe-aux-Trembles, to Repentigny. The bridge has two sections across the Rivière des Prairies, which are separated by Île Bourdon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Repentigny and Varennes.
Repentigny
Repentigny is an off-island suburb of Montreal in the Lanaudière region of Quebec. It is located at the convergence of the L'Assomption River and Rivière des Prairies with the St. Lawrence River.
Varennes
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Varennes is a picturesque and modern town, in the regional county municipality of Marguerite-D'Youville, in Montérégie, in Quebec, Canada. Varennes is an agricultural, industrial, residential and recreational tourism destination.
East End
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles–Montréal-Est was a borough in the eastern end of Montréal, Québec. The borough was located at the eastern tip of the Island of Montréal.
L’Assomption River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Quebec, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover L’Assomption River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“L’Assomption River” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Rivière L’Assomption”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر لاسومپتيون”
- French: “rivière L’Assomption”
- French: “Rivière L’Assomption”
- German: “Rivière L’Assomption”
- Irish: “Abhainn L’Assomption”
- Italian: “Rivière L’Assomption”
- Japanese: “ラソンプシオン川”
- Russian: “Л’Ассомпсьон”
- Slovenian: “rivière L’Assomption”
- Swedish: “Rivière L’Assomption”
- Turkish: “Rivière L’Assomption”
- Welsh: “Afon L’Assomption”
- “rivière L’Assomption”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Seigneurie des Îles-Bourdon and Charlemagne.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Parc des Rives and Pont Grenier.
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About Mapcarta. 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 “L’Assomption River”. Photo: Gene.arboit, CC BY-SA 3.0.