Richelieu River

British  

/ ˈrɪʃəˌljɜː, riʃəljø /

noun

1. a river in E Canada, in S Quebec, rising in Lake Champlain and flowing north to the St Lawrence River. Length: 338 km (210 miles)

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Richelieu River

This passage, first projected in 1902, would follow the Hudson as far as the Champlain Canal, thence through Lake Champlain to the Richelieu River, which would be dredged to the St. Lawrence.

From Time Magazine Archive

On reaching the northern end of Lake Champlain, however, they obtained a small canoe, in which they descended the Richelieu River, and thus reached Sorel.

From The King's Warrant A Story of Old and New France by Engelbach, Alfred H.

In the year 1608, trading was conducted with the Indians at Tadousac, but in 1610 it was alternately at Tadousac, and near Cape de la Victoire at the entrance of the Richelieu River.

From The Makers of Canada: Champlain by Dionne, N.-E. (Narcisse-Eutrope)

Unhappily he was immediately called upon to crush another outbreak of the rebels, in November, 1838, in the counties watered by the Richelieu River, and in the district immediately south of Montreal.

From Canada under British Rule 1760-1900 by Bourinot, John George, Sir

A city of Quebec, at the mouth of the Richelieu River.

From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various