Road bridge spanning the Acadie River, connecting Goyer Island and Route 223.

Carignan is a sprawling city whose territory forms a half donut on the west side of the city of Chambly, on the west bank of the Richelieu River. Carignan is located in the Regional County Municipality (RCM) of La Vallée-du-Richelieu, in Montérégie, in Quebec, Canada.

This town has mainly a residential, agricultural and commercial vocation (along Route 112). Recreational tourism activities are mainly: hiking, biking, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, nautical activities on the L'Acadie River and on the Chambly Basin, etc. Vacationing is developed on the islands, as well as along the L'Acadie and Richelieu rivers.

Welcome sign on Route 116, at the western entrance to the city of Carignan in 2022

The main attractions of this city are, in particular:

• the area of ​​islands located between the course of the L'Acadie river and the Richelieu river (Chambly basin): Goyer, aux Lièvres, Demers and au Foin; the channels between these islands give off a bucolic wilderness close to the city;
• its equestrian centers offering a variety of training programs for riders and horses, the boarding service for horses and participation in equestrian competitions;
• its commercial area, along Route 112; the Faubourg Carignan shopping center was built on the site of the former flea market;
• its sports and leisure infrastructure, in particular its parks;
• its offer of recreational tourism activities, in particular nautical activities on the Richelieu River and the L'Acadie River, and its public events;
• its road infrastructure, in particular Route 112, Route 223 (Chemin du Richelieu, along the Richelieu River) and the northern end of Highway 35 (becoming Boulevard Fréchette).

Understand

Geography

Main entrance of the town hall of Carignan

This municipality administers two non-contiguous territories, namely:

• the main territory forming a half donut on the west side of Chambly, between Saint-Basile-le-Grand and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (Saint-Luc sector); this part of the territory has a length of 17.6 km (north-south direction);
• a discontinuous strip of land along the west bank of the Richelieu River for 6.6 km in the middle of the river, between the city of Chambly and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. This strip of territory, which includes a segment of the Chambly Canal, is separated by an appendix from the territory of Chambly stretching towards the south. These two parts of the discontinuous territory of Carignan are characterized by a distance between them of:
  • 2.2 km on Highway 10;
  • 4 km (east-west direction) at the level of the railway bridge over the Richelieu River;
  • 3.8 km on the Richelieu River, i.e. the limit of Chambly with Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu and Richelieu.

Its built heritage is concentrated in several villages and hamlets:

• the Bellerive/Bachand district: especially along Bachand street;
• along the L'Acadie River, along Route 223 (Bellerive Road); as well as along the west bank of the Richelieu River;
• the village on the edge of Saint-Hubert;
• the village between the Robert stream and the L'Acadie river;
• the Domaine district (rue Grande-Allée).

The municipal parks of Carignan are:

• Halte Belvédère, located on rue des Roses, on the edge of the Chambly basin. This stopover is a relaxation area for contemplating the flora, fauna and water activities in the basin.
• Park of the Magic Feather, located in the sector of the Parchment school. Accessible by Gilbert-Martel or Louis-Fortin streets. Park with a game module with slide, swings for children and picnic tables. A path is adjacent to the school park.
• Parc de la Seigneurie, located on Île aux Lièvres. Access is via rue du Chevalier-de-Chaumont. This park is equipped with a game module, slides, swings for children, park benches...
• Parc de la Source, located on rue Louis-Badaillac. This park is equipped with game modules for children from 18 months to 5 years old; and 5 to 12 years old. Swings for children and babies, seesaw and picnic tables.
• Parc des Chenaux on Île aux Lièvres. Ecological park giving access to the pond. Module of games and swings.

Parc Desautels and entrance to the pedestrian bridge spanning the L'Acadie River to connect Chambly and Carignan

• Parc Desautels, located at the intersection of chemin Bellerive and rue Marie-Anne Est. This park is equipped with park benches, picnic tables and interpretive panels. This small park is a beneficial stopover for cyclists using the Route Verte, before taking the footbridge over the L'Acadie River to go to Chambly. Bike rack.
• Parc des Îles, located on rue des Roses, at the intersection of rue des Deux-Rivières. The city had acquired this park with the aim of making it a seaside resort. This development concept is under study.
• Parc des Peupliers, located along Marguerite-Boileau Street, in the Sainte-Thérèse Road sector, near Highway 10. This park has a play area, swings for children, picnic tables, park benches and half-basketball court.
• Parc des Vétérans, located opposite 1873, rue Bachand. Facilities: game module, scales, footbridge, swings for children and babies, bicycle rack, turret, pergolas, shelter, picnic tables on slabs and 2 mini-soccer fields. Chemical toilet in summer.
• Parc du Domaine, located along rue Jacques-De Chambly (Domaine sector near Grande-Allée). This park has a baseball field which is shared with a soccer field. It is also equipped with play modules with a slide, swings for children and babies. Illuminated skating rink in winter.
• Parc du Ruisseau, located at the corner of Antoine-Forestier and Jean-De Fonblanche streets (Carignan sur le Golf sector). This park has a footpath, park benches, picnic table, outdoor fitness modules. It is adjacent to the Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville park (playground and ice rink).
• Parc Étienne-Provost, accessible by rue Étienne-Provost, in the Center sector. This is the second park with water games in the city of Carignan.
• Parc Édouard-Harbec, located on rue Édouard-Harbec, in the Sainte-Thérèse sector. This park is equipped with game modules and a basketball area.
• Parc Forget, accessible by Pierre-Hudon or Marie-Dubois streets. This park has a play module with a slide and swings for children and babies. Half-basketball court and mini-soccer court. Outdoor fitness modules. Lighted skating rink and small mound for sliding in winter.
• Parc Genest located on Île Goyer, at the intersection of rue des Tulipes and rue Deux-Rivières. This park has a play module, seesaws, swings for children and babies, caterpillar, slide and basketball court. Illuminated skating rink in winter.
• Parc Henri-Bisaillon, accessible by rue Henri-Bisaillon, in the Carignan-Salières sector. This is the first park in the city of Carignan with water games.
• Parc Henriette, located opposite 2211, rue Henriette. This park is equipped with game modules, swings and a basketball court. Illuminated skating rink in winter.
• Parc Lareau-Bouthillier, accessible by route 112. This park has games, slide, swings, turnstile and climber. Picnic tables.

The city of Carignan offers a summer entertainment program in municipal parks, including games led by an animator for young people aged 6 to 12. The schedule is posted on the city's website. In addition, the city allows free games in the street, for amusements of a local nature; the approved streets are: Édouard-Harbec, Nicolas-Choquet, Thavenais and des Jacinthes.

Get in

By car

• From Montréal (27 km, time: 22 min. Take the Samuel de Champlain bridge (east); take Highway 10 (east); take Highway 30 (north); take Route 112 (east), to the west bank of the L'Acadie River.
• From Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (21 km, time: 22 min). Take Autoroute 35 (northbound) until after crossing the Autoroute 10 overpass; take Boulevard Fréchette (north); take Boulevard Brassard (north); take Route 112 (west) until after crossing the bridge over the L'Acadie River.

See

• 1 Fort Sainte-Thérèse, 4528 chemin Sainte-Thérèse (separated from the west bank of the Richelieu River by the Chambly Canal), ☏ +1 888-773-8888. Historic point of interest on the Richelieu River operated by Parks Canada. (updated May 2022)
• 2 Stop Belvedere on Goyer Island (Halte Belvédère de l'île Goyer), 2043 rue des Roses, Île Goyer, Carignan (along the west shore of the Chambly Basin), ☏ +1. (updated May 2022)

Maison Louis-Degneau in Carignan in 2017

• 3 Maison Louis-Degneau (Maison Prévost), 1523, chemin de Chambly. House built in fieldstone around 1790 and later modified. Gable roof topped with two chimneys at each end. Canadian Cultural Heritage Site (no. 13881) listed in the Canadian Register of Historic Places. (updated May 2022)

Events

• 4 Quebec National Day 2022 (Fête nationale du Québec 2022), Centre multifonctionnel, 1559, rue de l'École. June 24. Annual celebration of the National Day of Quebec, June 24. (updated May 2022)

Do

View of the L'Acadie River upstream from the Marie-Anne Street pedestrian bridge (Carignan). Several segments of this river are navigable.

• 1 Bellevue Stables, 1454 chemin Bellevue, ☏ +1 514-924-5933. Stable with an indoor arena. (updated May 2022)
• 2 Maderic Stables (Écuries Madéric), 1590 chemin Bellevue, ☏ +1 514-550-6655. Equestrian center offering a boarding service for horses, training. This center has a provincial competition team and a small regional competition team. (updated May 2022)
• 3 Sunny Breeze Stable (Écurie Sunny Breeze), 4552 chemin Bellerive, ☏ +1 450-982-0627, sunnybreezestable@gmail.com. Ecurie Sunny Breeze is an equestrian center established since the early 1980s. This center offers a full range of equestrian services. This center notably offers a boarding or half-boarding service for horses, riding camps and riding lessons. This stable is aimed at both beginners and experienced riders, children and adults. (updated May 2022)
• 4 Les écuries pas de deux, 2628 chemin Bellerive, ecuriespasdedeux@outlook.com. Equestrian center offering a semi-private stable. (updated May 2022)
• 5 The Sylvie Monette stables (Les écuries Sylvie Monette), 1626 chemin Bellevue, ☏ +1 438-274-3093. This stable offers riding lessons, stalls for horses, a 60X200 foot indoor arena, a fenced jumping course and two dressage arenas. Equestrian center in a wooded area with lakes. (updated May 2022)
• 6 Carignan Practice Field Golf (Golf Champ de Pratique de Carignan), 3231 chemin Bellerive (along the Acadie River), ☏ +1 450-658-2754. Usually from April to November, depending on the temperature. Golf driving range. (updated May 2022)

Buy

Grocery stores

• 1 IGA extra Les Marchés Lambert Carignan, 2369 chemin de Chambly, ☏ +1 450-572-1001. General grocery store. (updated May 2022)

Specialized foods

• 2 La Bleuetière Bellevue (https://m.facebook.com/Lableuetierebellevue/?locale2=fr_CA), 1708 chemin Bellevue, ☏ +1 450-258-1814. Agricultural cooperative. (updated May 2022)
• 3 Les jardins de la mère Michel (https://www.lesjardinsdelameremichel.com/), 1841 chemin de Chambly (opposite the H. Grégoire used car distributor), ☏ +1 450-658-9871. Farm produce store, from berries to fall vegetables. (updated May 2022)
• 4 Les jardins du campeur, 4247 chemin Sainte-Thérèse (near the Chambly Canal), jardinsducampeur@gmail.com. Micro-farming in diversified market gardening. Started in 2019. (updated May 2022)
• 5 Le Pré du Mouton Noir, 2241 chemin Bellevue, ☏ +1 514-647-6788. Lamb meat producer. Sheepfold with 24 ewes and a ram. This farm offers lamb meat without growth hormones or antibiotics. (updated May 2022)
• 6 Micro-boulangerie Les Bons Événements, 3040 chemin du Portage, ☏ +1 450-447-6050. Artisanal production of breads with cooking in a wood-fired oven. Variety of food products. (updated May 2022)

Other

• 7 Discus Rive-Sud, 1887, rue Henriette, ☏ +1 514-967-2680. Tropical fish store. (updated May 2022)

Eat

Several restaurants or dining rooms in the Montérégie have transformed the mode of meals at the tables into take-out or delivery service. In general, restaurateurs have demonstrated great resilience by updating their website, integrating interactive and automated applications for remote orders, as well as the display of the menu, opening hours, their mode of operation (e.g. by reservation, drive-thru service), required health measures, other services (e.g., caterer, shops, accommodation, access for disabled, wi-fi, take-out, delivery), contact details and often the history of the restaurant or site.

• 1 Restaurant Lu-dy, 2072, rue Henriette, ☏ +1 450-715-0666. Cafe-deli style restaurant. (updated May 2022)
• 2 Restaurant Yuzu Sushi, 2369, chemin de Chambly. Sushi restaurant. (updated May 2022)

Cope

Multifunctional center of the city of Carignan (Quebec), located near the Carignan-Salières school

• 7 Multifunctional center (Centre multifonctionnelle), 1555, rue de l'École, Carignan (in the Carignan-Salières school sector). The Multipurpose Center has a room with a capacity of 200 to 250 people (banquet or show mode), divisible in two. It has a removable stage, a deposit room, a kitchen and a reception station. (updated May 2022)

Indoor skating rink for ice hockey in winter and Cosom hockey in summer near the Carignan-Salières school

• 8 Covered and refrigerated ice rink, 1559, rue de l'École (near the Multifunctional Center). Built in 2021-22, this outdoor rink has a roof and is open-walled. It also has a reception chalet, an outdoor skating path and a "pumptrack" type track. The ice schedule is posted on the website of the city of Carignan. (updated May 2022)
• Longueuil public library network (Réseau de bibliothèques publiques de Longueuil). Following an intermunicipal agreement concluded between the cities of Carignan and Longueuil, the citizens of Carignan have free access to the Longueuil Public Library Network. This network has eight (8) service points, the main one being the Raymond-Lévesque Library, located at 7025, boulevard Cousineau, Saint-Hubert, J3Y 0H1. Citizens of Carignan can also subscribe to other library services in the region, under certain conditions; the city of Carignan then reimburses part of the registration fees of its citizens. (updated May 2022)
• Traveling library (Bibliothèque itinérante). Since a pilot project in 2016, a mobile library service has been offered by the city of Carignan, via eleven (11) book boxes scattered throughout the territory to borrow or drop off a book. These free-access vending boxes offer different kinds of books: novels (especially children's novels), poetry, recipes, comics... This eco-responsible service does not require any registration from users who can borrow a book and then bring it back. This volunteer-administered project allows turnover and the quality of the books deposited. The list of self-service boxes is available on the website of the city of Carignan. (updated May 2022)

Go next

Routes through Carignan

Montréal ← Longueuil ←	W  E	→ Richelieu (Québec) → Frampton
Sorel-Tracy ← Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu ←	N  S	→ Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu → Lacolle
Montréal ← Brossard ←	N  S	→ Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu → Saint-Sébastien

• 1 Mont-Saint-Bruno National Park Open year-round. It offers a Boutique Nature (comprising a discovery and services centre for young people and outdoor items), an equipment rental service, a cross-country ski school, food services, a transportation service common (RTL summer shuttles and RTL SkiBus shuttle). The park includes many trails, a playground, picnic tables, the Jean-Guy Gaudette relay, an orchard, a Le Vieux-Moulin tea room, a cemetery and a boat rental service.
• 2 Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville A city surrounded by nature with the Mont Saint-Bruno national park, its urban forest, its parks and its recreational tourism infrastructure. In all seasons, Saint-Bruno offers a variety of recreational tourism activities, including: hiking, biking, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, downhill skiing.
• 3 Saint-Basile-le-Grand City of the MRC La Vallée-du-Richelieu, Saint-Basile-le-Grand has mainly a residential vocation. The heart of the village being in the middle of the land, between the Richelieu River and the St. Lawrence River. Recreational tourism activities are mainly: hiking, biking, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, etc. The city has around twenty parks (including 4 rest stops), several of which are accessible by the cycle path. The Parc de Montpellier has a magnificent body of water with a fountain.
• 4 Chambly Chambly proves to be a first choice historical destination, in particular: historic site of Fort Chambly, Richelieu canal and a built heritage with a great history. It also offers a variety of attractions: nautical activities (Chambly basin, Richelieu River, L'Acadie River), attractive islands (Goyer, aux Lièvres, Foin and Demers) with canals, and a high-quality restaurant offer.
• 5 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu City with a great road, rail, river and military history. In the summer, boating is developed there and catering.

• 6 Longueuil Longueuil has a network of 168 km of cycle paths. This city has various recreational parks with several hiking trails: Michel-Chartrand and de la Cité parks. Longueuil offers a host of recreational and tourist activities: hiking, biking, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, municipal parks, etc.