Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu

Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu is a municipality with a riverside, rural landscape and a great historical heritage, of the regional county municipality (MRC) of La Vallée-du-Richelieu, in Montérégie, in Quebec, Canada.

Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu is a recreational tourist destination facing Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, on the opposite bank.

History
The parish of Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue was canonically erected in 1750 on land belonging to the seigniory of Contrecoeur. In 1921, Saint-Antoine was split into two separate municipalities: the village of Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue and the parish of Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu. In 1982, the two municipalities were reunified under the name of Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu.

Sir Georges-Étienne Cartier, one of the fathers of the Canadian Confederation of 1867, was born in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu.

By car

 * From Montréal (61 km). Take the Jacques-Cartier bridge (east); take route 132 (eastbound) to Varennes; take Chemin du Pays-Brûlé (eastbound); take Highway 30 (northbound); take the Montée de la Pomme-d'Or (direction East) to the village of Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu.
 * From Quebec (241 km). Take Highway 20 (westbound) to the Beloeil exit; take Route 223 (northbound), to the village of Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu.

Get around
The Richelieu River crossing service allows you to avoid a long detour to go south to the Autoroute 20 bridge or north to the Autoroute 30 bridge in Sorel.

Go next

 * — It has three campgrounds, and pleasure boating on the Richelieu River. Saint-Ours is a centre of the arts.
 * — Its Fête du Vieux Marché commemorates the Patriot Battles of 1837.
 * — Boating traffic on the Richelieu River generates a variety of water activities: canoeing, water skiing, fishing, and marinas.
 * — Vacationing is highly developed along the waterfront road because of pleasure boating. The Trois Tilleuls hotel and the Old Federal Quay (facing Jeannotte Island) attract many tourists.
 * — This is a historic rural municipality. Its main attractions are its annual agricultural fair, its equestrian centres, its art forge, its rural landscapes, its environment conducive to cycling, its local products and its picturesque architectural heritage.
 * — Contrecoeur is renowned as a site to admire the shows offered by the river and the magnificent sunsets. Recreational activities include hunting, fishing, and boating.
 * — Municipality renowned for its ferry (which is replaced in winter by an ice road) linking Saint-Ours, its Deschaillons island, its picturesque built heritage and its boating agritourism, and campgrounds.