Richelieu River
The Richelieu River is a river of Quebec, Canada, and a major right-bank tributary of the St. Lawrence River. It rises at Lake Champlain, from which it flows northward through Quebec and empties into the St.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river flowing from Lake Champlain to St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada
- Also known as: “Masoliantekw”, “reka Richelieu”, “Richelieujoki”, “Rio Richelieu”, “rivière aux Iroquois”, “rivière Chambly”, “rivière de Richelieu”, “rivière des Iroquois”, “riviere Richelieu”, “Riviere Richelieu”, “Ришельё (река)”, and “里舍盧河”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Carré Royal and Governors‘ Cottage.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sorel-Tracy and Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel.
Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel
Photo: Ataboy75, Public domain.Richelieu River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Quebec, Canada, North America
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Latitude
46.04696° or 46° 2′ 49″ north
Longitude
-73.11945° or 73° 7′ 10″ west
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
87R82VWJ+Q6
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Richelieu River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر ريتشيليو”
- Asturian: “Ríu Richelieu”
- Bulgarian: “Ришельо”
- Catalan: “Riu Richelieu”
- Cebuano: “Richelieu River”
- Chinese: “里捨盧河”
- Chinese: “黎塞留河”
- Dutch: “Richelieu”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ريتشيليو”
- Finnish: “Richelieu”
- French: “rivière Richelieu”
- French: “Rivière Richelieu”
- German: “Rivière Richelieu”
- Hebrew: “נהר ריצ’ליו”
- Irish: “Abhainn Richelieu”
- Italian: “Richelieu”
- Italian: “rivière Richelieu”
- Japanese: “リシュリュー川”
- Korean: “리슐리외강”
- Latin: “Fluvius Richelaeus”
- Persian: “رود ریشلیو”
- Polish: “Richelieu”
- Romanian: “richelieu”
- Russian: “Ришельё”
- Slovenian: “Richelieu”
- Spanish: “Río Richelieu”
- Swedish: “Richelieufloden”
- Turkish: “Richelieu River”
- Ukrainian: “Рішельє (річка)”
- Ukrainian: “Рішельє”
- Venetian: “Richelieu”
- Welsh: “Afon Richelieu”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Saint-Joseph and Saint-Gabriel-Lalemant.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Pointe aux Pins and Parc de la Pointe-aux-Pins.
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