Beauharnois-Salaberry
Beauharnois-Salaberry is a regional county municipality (RCM) of Montérégie, Quebec, Canada. Its capital is Beauharnois and Salaberry-de-Valleyfield is the most populated city.
Considering that the territory of this MRC is atypical, excursionists and visitors can make a getaway near Montreal for a few hours, a few days, or even for a vacation, camping or boating season. They will be able to get away from it all and really disconnect from city life with an active vacation surrounded by water or green spaces. The main attractions of this MRC are:
- its riverside landscapes: the banks of Lake Saint-Louis (crossed by the St. Lawrence River) and the large canals of the St. Lawrence Seaway offer the public bucolic, rural, wooded settings, in a resort or village area...; in addition, visitors can admire river life: movement of large ships, pleasure boats, nautical activities, fishing, sunrises or sunsets, evolution of atmospheric phenomena (e.g.: wind, thunderstorms, storms, clouds, waves...);
- its Beauharnois-Salaberry Regional Park (administered by the Beauharnois-Salaberry MRC): it offers bucolic settings of rural or wooded areas, as well as the maritime canal with gigantic infrastructures; this regional park has a linear bike path to enjoy the outdoors;
- varied water activities on Lake Saint-Louis: this lake is a water sports paradise in Quebec; and fishing, kayaking, canoeing, pontoons or other light boating activities on the Châteauguay River; its banks are equipped with many private or public docks, and marinas offering various services;
- the Beauharnois locks and canal;
- its agrotourism:
- its municipal parks offering sports and leisure infrastructures, including hiking trails, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, picnicking, etc.;
- the welcoming and warm temperament of the residents: visitors appreciate the sociability of the people of the region, their lifestyle,
- its gourmet destinations: the many restaurants and dining rooms offer varied menus;
- its sociocultural programming: exhibitions, theaters, shows, festive events...;
- its museums;
- its cycling circuits;
- its campsites offering various services to users.
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[edit]Tourist information
[edit]The MRC of Beauharnois-Salaberry gives the public access on the Internet to Le chemin des Saveurs which consists of various places to visit CLICK HERE, according to the following themes:
- agrotourism (fruits and vegetables),
- bee and maple products,
- bakery, pastry and confectionery,
- livestock and butchery,
- regional cuisine and gourmet table,
- delicatessen products,
- activities and events.
Cities
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- 1 Beauharnois
– offers a variety of recreational and tourist activities: boating, nautical activities, bicycles, resorts etc. - 2 Saint-Étienne-de-Beauharnois
- 3 Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague (Beauharnois-Salaberry)
- 4 Sainte-Martine
- 5 Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka
- 6 Saint-Urbain-Premier – Municipality with a rural landscape on the St. Lawrence plain. Locality connected to the Suroît cycling network and the Circuit du Paysan offering local products.
- 7 Salaberry-de-Valleyfield – a town southwest of Montreal that is home to the Coteau-du-Lac National Historic Site. Agricultural and maple syrup activities are the main economic activities; recreational tourism is intense on the shores of Lake Saint-François: boating, nautical activities, vacationing, etc.
Other destinations
[edit]- 8 Beauharnois-Salaberry Regional Park – Linear regional park with a magnificent 72 km asphalt cycle path, without elevation changes. This cycle route crosses the rural environment of Beauharnois, Saint-Étienne-de-Beauharnois and Sainte-Martine.
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[edit]Montreal to the northeast; Roussillon to the east; Les Jardins-de-Napierville to the southeast; Le Haut-Saint-Laurent to the south and southwest; Vaudreuil-Soulanges to the west, northwest, and north.
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[edit]| Routes through Beauharnois-Salaberry |
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield ← W  E ← |
W  E |
→ Longueuil → Lévis |
| Châteauguay ← Elgin (Quebec) ← | W  E |
→ Sept-Îles → Blanc-Sablon |
| Rigaud ← Côteau-du-Lac ← | W  E |
→ Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka → Franklin |
| Beauharnois ← Saint-Urbain-Premier ← | N  S |
→ Sainte-Clotilde → Hemmingford |
| Beauharnois ← Saint-Étienne-de-Beauharnois ← | W  E |
→ Saint-Étienne-de-Beauharnois → Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka |
| Vaudreuil-Dorion ← Salaberry-de-Valleyfield ← | W  E |
→ Longueuil → Sorel-Tracy / Québec via  |
| Salaberry-de-Valleyfield ← | W  E |
→ Salaberry-de-Valleyfield |