Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel

Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel is a small town with a river landscape, facing the Archipelago of Lac Saint-Pierre (north side), in the regional county municipality (RCM) of Pierre-De Saurel, in Montérégie, in Quebec.

Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel is an essential passage for boating to go up the river or the Richelieu River. Citizen life is integrated with other surrounding towns, in particular for: shops, private services (hotels, restaurants, etc.), government or parapublic services and road access. The main attractions of Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel are, in particular:
 * its dynamism through its many public events and community activities: Fairy Lights (December), National Day of Quebec (June 24), Horticultural Family Day, Golf Tournament, Volunteer Day, Great March...;
 * its shoreline stretching over 3.3 km of which 2.4 km are riparian land for industrial purposes; pleasure boating generates heavy traffic around it between May and October;
 * Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel cemetery and its municipal parks: Pointe-aux-Pins park, Pie X park (Dix), Les Forges park, as well as the park of the municipal swimming pool and the Aussant Recreation Center (arena).

Understand
The economic vocation of Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel is mainly industrial because of its location at Pointe de Sorel, at the confluence of the St. Lawrence River and the Richelieu River. This industrial sector bears witness to an economic dynamism that generates jobs.

Geography
The residential part of Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel is wedged between the QIT-Fer & Titane inc sector (located to the west) and Sorel Forge as well as QSL Canada (located along the Richelieu River, i.e. east), within the municipal territory. This small town is surrounded by Sorel-Tracy.

To the west and north of Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel, the river offers a body of water where commercial and recreational navigation generates dense river traffic; while to the east the Richelieu River is the subject of very active pleasure boating.

By car

 * From Montréal (80 km, time: 1:04 mins). Take the Jacques-Cartier bridge (east); take route 132 (eastbound) to Varennes; take Chemin du Pays-Brûlé (eastbound); take Autoroute 30 (northbound) to Sorel-Tracy; take route 223 (northbound); take rue Saint-Joseph (northbound); to the heart of the village of Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel.
 * From Quebec (199 km, time: 2 hr 36 min). Take Autoroute 40 (west) to Trois-Rivières (taking Autoroute 55 (north) for a few kilometers north); continue on Highway 40 to Berthier; take route 158 (southbound) taking the ferry from Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola to Sorel; take Route 132 (west); take rue Bouvier (north), to the heart of the village of Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel.

By train
The train travels to Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel along the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, to meet the rail transportation needs of local industries.