Vaudreuil-Soulanges is a regional county municipality (RCM) of Montérégie, Quebec. Its head office is in Vaudreuil-Dorion.
Understand
[edit]Cities
[edit]- 1 Hudson — drive down Main Road to see the old houses, autumn foliage and lakeviews
- 2 Pointe-Fortune — take a tour of the Carillon Dam, the most powerful hydroelectric plant on the Ottawa
- 3 Rigaud — a mountain town in Vaudreuil County that attracts skiers, hikers, maple syrup lovers and Catholic religious tourists
- 4 Vaudreuil-Dorion — the city has several historic monuments and buildings, and one of Quebec's few wineries
- 5 Rivière-Beaudette — a destination for pleasure boating and resorts
Other destinations
[edit]- 1 Côteau-du-Lac
- 2 Les Cèdres]
- 3 Les Coteaux
- 4 L'Île-Perrot
- 5 Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot
- 6 Pincourt
- 7 Pointe-des-Cascades
- 8 Saint-Clet
- 9 Sainte-Justine-de-Newton
- 10 Saint-Lazare
- 11 Sainte-Marthe
- 12 Saint-Polycarpe
- 13 Saint-Télesphore
- 14 Saint-Zotique
- 15 Terrasse-Vaudreuil
- 16 Très-Saint-Rédempteur
- 17 Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac
Get in
[edit]By public transport
[edit]The region is served from Montreal by the Exo La Presqu’Île and Exo Sud-Ouest bus services as well as the Vaudreuil-Hudson commuter rail line.
By car
[edit]The Autoroute du Souvenir (A-20) connects Montreal to Toronto through the municipalities along the St. Lawrence River.
The passage from the island of Montreal is via the Taschereau between Vaudreuil-Dorion and Île Perrot, and the Galipeault bridge between Île Perrot and Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue.
The Félix-Leclerc Autoroute (A-40), a segment of the Trans-Canada Highway, connects Montreal to Ottawa and Winnipeg to the west. This highway serves the municipalities along the Ottawa River, as well as Saint-Lazare. It crosses the Lac des Deux Montagnes towards Senneville by the Île-aux-Tourtes bridge.
The Autoroute de l'Acier (A-30) connects Vaudreuil-Dorion to Sorel-Tracy in the northeast. This road connects the different parts of Montérégie and serves as Montreal's southern ring road . It crosses the St. Lawrence River by the Serge-Marcil bridge between Les Cèdres and Salaberry-de-Valleyfield.
Get around
[edit]The cycle routes include the green route 5, which runs alongside the Soulanges canal.
See
[edit]The main historic sites include the Coteau-du-Lac National Historic Site, the Pointe-du-Moulin windmill, the Trestler House and the Félix-Leclerc House.
Do
[edit]Annually, in the first half of October, the deciduous trees are adorned with bright colours, before the leaves fall to the ground. This period is ideal for nature hikes, particularly at: Les Forestiers-de-Saint-Lazare Nature Park, Pointe-des-Cascades Nature Park, Mont Rigaud or the Pavillon Pointe-Fortune trail.
Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]The main culinary products of interest in the region include honey and blueberry products at the Au fin délice blueberry farm in Très-Saint-Rédempteur.