Grande-Île, Quebec
Grande-Île
(Salaberry-de-Valleyfield) | |
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Former municipality | |
Coordinates: 45°16′45″N 74°06′50″W / 45.27917°N 74.11389°WCoordinates: 45°16′45″N 74°06′50″W / 45.27917°N 74.11389°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Montérégie |
RCM | Beauharnois-Salaberry |
Merged + | Jan 01, 2002 |
Area | |
• Land | 50.68 km2 (19.57 sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Area code(s) | 450 |
Access Routes [2] | ![]() ![]() |
+ Merged with Salaberry-de-Valleyfield |
Grande-Île is an island in the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. The island is mostly occupied by the city Salaberry-de-Valleyfield. Part of the Hochelaga Archipelago, the island connects the Beauharnois-Salaberry and the Vaudreuil-Soulanges regions over the Saint Lawrence River via the Pont Monseigneur Langlois. Grande-Île was also the name of a municipality on the island which merged with Salaberry-de-Valleyfield on January 1, 2002.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Canal_de_Beauharnois%2C_Grande_Ile%2C_Saint_Lawrence_River%2C_Pointe-des-Cascades%2C_Ottawa_River%2C_Perrot_Island.jpg/220px-Canal_de_Beauharnois%2C_Grande_Ile%2C_Saint_Lawrence_River%2C_Pointe-des-Cascades%2C_Ottawa_River%2C_Perrot_Island.jpg)
Aerial view showing (left to right) Canal de Beauharnois, Grande-Île, Saint Lawrence River, Pointe-des-Cascades, Ottawa River, Perrot Island
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Categories:
- Hochelaga Archipelago
- Communities in Montérégie
- Former municipalities in Quebec
- Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
- Landforms of Montérégie
- River islands of Quebec
- Islands of the Saint Lawrence River
- Populated places disestablished in 2002
- Montérégie geography stubs