Acadia River

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The Rivière L' Acadie is a left tributary of the Rivière Richelieu in the Montérégie administrative region of the Canadian province of Quebec.

The Rivière L' Acadie rises in the hills of the community Hemmingford near the border with the U.S. state of New York. It flows predominantly in a northerly direction. He crosses the Autoroute 15 and Route 217 then it flows through the town Napierville. The following 15 km follows the route 219 along the east bank. Later, the river crosses the Route 104 and Autoroute 10, the Rivière L' Acadie flows along the western edge of Chambly and finally joins up with Carignan in the Rivière Richelieu. The river has a length of 82 km. The average discharge at the Autoroute 10 is 4 m³ / s with a catchment area of 345 km ².

The river carries several unofficial name: Rivière Montréal, Rivière de Montréal and Petite rivière de Montréal.