Beauharnois-Salaberry Regional County Municipality

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Beauharnois-Salaberry (French pronunciation: [boaʁnwa salabɛʁi]) is a regional county municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Beauharnois.

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Melocheville Tunnel

The Melocheville Tunnel is a tunnel connecting Beauharnois and Melocheville in Quebec, Canada. It is a segment of Route 132 located near the Beauharnois generating station. The tunnel measures 227.6 m m. Until 1991, it was called the Beauharnois Tunnel.

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Beauharnois generating station

The Beauharnois generating station is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power station along the Saint Lawrence Seaway on the Saint Lawrence River, in Quebec, Canada. The station was built in three phases, and comprises 36 turbines, capable of generating up to 1,903 MW of electrical power. Constructions on the facility began in 1930 and was completed in 1961. The facility was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1990.

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Pointe-des-Cascades

Pointe-des-Cascades is a village municipality in Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on a spit of land where the St. Lawrence River flows into Lake Saint-Louis. The river has here a significant drop, forming several cascades which give the village its name. The islands of Île des Cascades and Île des Joybert are connected by a narrow causeway, but Île des Cascades and Pointe-des-Cascades are only connected artificially.

Landmark Park

3.3 km

Soulanges Canal

The Soulanges Canal is an abandoned shipping canal in Quebec, Canada. It follows the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River between Pointe-des-Cascades and Coteaux-Landing, bypassing the rapids between Lake Saint-Louis and Lake Saint-Francis. In between, it passes through the towns of Les Cèdres and Coteau-du-Lac. It superseded the first Beauharnois Canal which was on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence. It is 23 kilometres long and had a 4.3-metre draught. Five locks measuring 85.3 m × 14 m give a total rise of 25 metres.

Industrial Landmark

3.9 km

La Guerre River

The La Guerre River is a tributary of the south shore of lake Saint-François which is crossed to the east by the Saint Lawrence river. This river flows through the municipalities of Sainte-Barbe and Saint-Anicet, in the Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Montérégie, in Quebec, in Canada.

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History

The implementation of new governance structures across Quebec meant RCMs had differing effective formation dates. Specifically, the Beauharnois-Salaberry Regional County Municipality became effective on 1 January 1982, replacing the traditional county structure. The RCM was formed by combining the historic counties of Beauharnois and Châteauguay. While some administrative transitions occurred in the early 1980s, 1 January 1982 marks the effective date for this restructuring.

Subdivisions

There are 7 subdivisions within the RCM:

Access routes

Highways and numbered routes that run through the municipality, including external routes that start or finish at the county border:

Attractions

Beauharnois Canal Beauharnois Hydroelectric Generating Station (Melocheville) Deux-Rives Ecomuseum (Salaberry-de-Valleyfield) Howick Airport (Saint-Étienne-de-Beauharnois) Pointe-du-Bruisson Archaeological Park (Melocheville) Valleyfield Airport (Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka) Protected areas:

Îles-de-Paix National Fauna Reserve Îles-de-Saint-Timothée Regional Park