Vaudreuil-Soulanges
regional county municipality in Quebec, Canada
Vaudreuil-Soulanges is a regional county municipality (RCM) of Montérégie, Quebec. Its head office is in Vaudreuil-Dorion.
Understand
Cities
- 🌍 Hudson — drive down Main Road to see the old houses, autumn foliage and lakeviews
- 🌍 Pointe-Fortune — take a tour of the Carillon Dam, the most powerful hydroelectric plant on the Ottawa
- 🌍 Rigaud — a mountain town in Vaudreuil County that attracts skiers, hikers, maple syrup lovers and Catholic religious tourists
- 🌍 Vaudreuil-Dorion — the city has several historic monuments and buildings, and one of Quebec's few wineries
- 🌍 Rivière-Beaudette — a destination for pleasure boating and resorts
Other destinations
- 🌍 Côteau-du-Lac
- 🌍 Les Cèdres]
- 🌍 Les Coteaux
- 🌍 L'Île-Perrot
- 🌍 Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot
- 🌍 Pincourt
- 🌍 Pointe-des-Cascades
- 🌍 Saint-Clet
- 🌍 Sainte-Justine-de-Newton
- 🌍 Saint-Lazare
- 🌍 Sainte-Marthe
- 🌍 Saint-Polycarpe
- 🌍 Saint-Télesphore
- 🌍 Saint-Zotique
- 🌍 Terrasse-Vaudreuil
- 🌍 Très-Saint-Rédempteur
- 🌍 Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac
Get in
By public transport
The region is served from Montreal by the Exo La Presqu’Île and Exo Sud-Ouest bus services as well as the Vaudreuil-Hudson commuter rail line.
By car
The Autoroute du Souvenir (A-20) connects Montreal to Toronto through the municipalities along the St. Lawrence River.
The passage from the island of Montreal is via the Taschereau between Vaudreuil-Dorion and Île Perrot, and the Galipeault bridge between Île Perrot and Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue.
The Félix-Leclerc Autoroute (A-40), a segment of the Trans-Canada Highway, connects Montreal to Ottawa and Winnipeg to the west. This highway serves the municipalities along the Ottawa River, as well as Saint-Lazare. It crosses the Lac des Deux Montagnes towards Senneville by the Île-aux-Tourtes bridge.
The Autoroute de l'Acier (A-30) connects Vaudreuil-Dorion to Sorel-Tracy in the northeast. This road connects the different parts of Montérégie and serves as Montreal's southern ring road . It crosses the St. Lawrence River by the Serge-Marcil bridge between Les Cèdres and Salaberry-de-Valleyfield.
Get around
The cycle routes include the green route 5, which runs alongside the Soulanges canal.
See
The main historic sites include the Coteau-du-Lac National Historic Site, the Pointe-du-Moulin windmill, the Trestler House and the Félix-Leclerc House.
Do
Annually, in the first half of October, the deciduous trees are adorned with bright colours, before the leaves fall to the ground. This period is ideal for nature hikes, particularly at: Les Forestiers-de-Saint-Lazare Nature Park, Pointe-des-Cascades Nature Park, Mont Rigaud or the Pavillon Pointe-Fortune trail.
Buy
Eat
The main culinary products of interest in the region include honey and blueberry products at the Au fin délice blueberry farm in Très-Saint-Rédempteur.