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L'île Sainte-Marie (English: Sainte-Marie Island) is a river island of the Richelieu River. It is located in the territory of the municipality of Carignan, in the La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region from Montérégie, in the south of province of Quebec, to Canada.

Sainte-Marie Island

Sainte-Marie Island
Geography
Location	Carignan, La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Coordinates	45.386389°N 73.256389°W / 45.386389; -73.256389
Length	0.8 km (0.5 mi)
Width	0.15 km (0.093 mi)
Administration
Canada
Additional information
Accessible by a single road bridge.

Île Sainte-Marie is located downstream from Sainte-Thérèse Island, from which it is separated by a narrow channel.

Geography

Very elongated in shape, Île Sainte-Marie measures 800 metres (2,600 ft) in length by 150 metres (490 ft) of maximum width. It is connected to the left bank of the Richelieu River by a road which passes over the pier forming the right bank of the Chambly Canal.

Île Sainte-Marie faces east from the confluence of La Grande Décharge (stream coming from the east); at this location, the distance between the island and the east bank of the Richelieu River is 0.38 kilometres (0.24 mi). Île Sainte-Marie also faces the Chambly Canal National Historic Site of Canada, which is located on the west side of the canal.[1]

History

Quebec historians generally locate the old fort Sainte Thérèse, which has disappeared today, opposite Île Sainte-Marie.

Toponymy

The name of island comes from that of a former owner, Jean Sainte-Marie.[2]

The toponym "Île Sainte-Marie" was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

Occupation

Formerly an agricultural territory, Île Sainte-Marie is now occupied by around thirty residences. The "Rue de l'Île-Sainte-Marie" is the main road on the island.

Notes and references

На других языках

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- [en] Sainte-Marie Island (Richelieu River)

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[fr] Île Sainte-Marie (rivière Richelieu)

L'île Sainte-Marie est une île fluviale de la rivière Richelieu. Elle est située dans le territoire de la municipalité de Carignan, dans la municipalité régionale de comté (MRC) de La Vallée-du-Richelieu, dans la région administrative de la Montérégie, dans le sud de la province de Québec, au Canada.

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