Chateauguay River

Rivière Châteauguay at Sainte- Martine

Pont de Powerscourt

The Rivière Châteauguay (in the U.S.: Chateaugay River) is a right tributary of the St. Lawrence River in the Canadian province of Quebec and in the U.S. state of New York.

The river has its origin in the Upper Chateaugay Lake in Franklin County ( New York). It flows north to Canada. Here it flows through the reservoir Lower Chateaugay Lake, and Chateaugay overcomes at the High Falls waterfall. North of the border of the river from the covered bridge Pont de Powerscourt is spanned. The Rivière Châteauguay passes through the small town of Huntingdon, where the Rivière Trout opens on the left side in him. He then turns to the northeast and flows through the Montérégie administrative region. After flowing through the municipality Ormstown the Rivière des Anglais opens on the right side into the river. The municipality of Sainte- Martine is then on the right bank. Finally, the Rivière Châteauguay Châteauguay reached the city of the same name and opens with two arms of the river across from Montreal in the carrying of the St. Lawrence River, Lac Saint- Louis.

The Rivière Châteauguay has a length of 121 km. It drains an area of ​​2543 km ². The average discharge at level 2 km above the Route 132 is 38 m³ / s