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It is located on the Saint Lawrence River between Lake Ontario and Montreal, Quebec. The lake forms part of the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The city of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield is located at the east end of the lake. Lac Saint-François National Wildlife Area, located on the south shore of the lake, protects wetlands located on the shores of the lake.
Saint-François-du-Lac was founded as a French Jesuit mission village for converted Abenaki and other native peoples during the colonial years. The community was called St.-Francois-de-Sales, after a French saint, or Odanak, the Abenaki name. Indians in the community included Abenaki and refugees from other tribes and the wars with English ...
Petit Lac Saint-François or Lake Tomcod is a lake in the municipality of Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton, in regional county municipality (MRC) of Le Val-Saint-François, in the administrative region of Estrie, Quebec, Canada. [1] [2] Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) are present in the lake. [3]
Ontario relief map Lake Superior at Neys Provincial Park Ontario ... Lake St. Joseph: 493 km 2 (190 sq ... Saint Francis (Lac Saint-François) Salerno Lake; Salmon Lake;
Before 2007, the lake was called Lac Saint-François. It was renamed to avoid confusion with Petit lac Saint-François (Ashberham) which is located 1.5 km northwest of it. [2] In 1815, the vast territory where the lake is located was not yet surveyed as mentioned by Joseph Bouchette in his book “Description topographique du Bas-Canada”. He ...
The place was mentioned in 1687 by Marquis de Denonville.His record stated that "Costeau du Lac is a place where one stopped on the way to the Rapides d'en Haut", referring to a small hillside (French: coteau) on the north side of the St. Lawrence River near the mouth of Lake Saint Francis (French: lac Saint-François).
Saint-François-Xavier-de-Viger, Quebec, municipality in Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality, Quebec; Lac Saint-François, a lake on the Saint Lawrence River between Lake Ontario and Montreal; Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Quebec, a regional county municipality of Quebec
The Petit lac Saint-François (in English: Little Lake Saint François) is a lake located near the municipality of Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada. It receives the waters of the Ashberham River which has its source in Caribou Lake.