Rigaud River

Rivière Rigaud in Rigaud

The Rivière Rigaud ( Rigaud English River) is a right tributary of the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec.

The Rivière Rigaud originates 5 km west of Alexandria in the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties in the extreme east of Ontario. It flows at first north and later in the East, the municipality of North Glengarry. The Ontario Highways 34 and 24 cross the river near the village of Laggan. Gradually, the Rivière Rigaud turns east. He passed the hamlet of Lochinvar and flows near the places of Dalkeith and St Eugène ( in the Prescott and Russell United Counties ) to the east and crosses the provincial border after Montérégie in Quebec. Shortly thereafter, he takes the Rivière Rigaud Est on the right side. The river flows along the northern slopes of the Montagne de Rigaud and flows through the town of Rigaud. He turns to the north. The Auto Route 40 crosses the Rivière Rigaud shortly before its confluence with the Ottawa River. The Rivière Rigaud has a length of about 75 km. It drains an area of 534 km ² (according to other sources 538.4 km ² ), with 85.2 percent of the area is used for Ontario.

The Rivière Rigaud was formerly the name Rivière à la Graisse. In 1968 this was changed and after Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil de Cavagnial, the last Governor-General of New France, named.