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

Burgoyne was to go through Richelieu River and Lake Champlain by boats; thence march to New York by land.3.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide by Sylvester, Charles Herbert

From the south, down Lake Champlain and the Richelieu River to the St. Lawrence, came another British force under Haviland also to attack Montreal.

From The Conquest of New France A chronicle of the colonial wars by Wrong, George McKinnon

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.

The British naval force already in the Richelieu River, and available for service, consisted of a brig, two sloops, and twelve or fourteen gunboats.

From The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 by Jackson, W. C.