Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel

Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel is a municipality with a riverside, forest and rural landscape on the St. Lawrence plain, in the regional county municipality of Pierre-De Saurel, in the Montérégie region of Quebec.

Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel is a recreational tourism destination facing Sorel-Tracy, on the opposite bank of the Richelieu River. The main attractions of Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel are, in particular:
 * its infrastructures and its recreational tourism services, in particular its municipal parks, its two golf courses, the Base de plein air Ville Lajoie, the Sorel silver ball shooting club and its four bike paths;
 * its built heritage which displays a rustic and well-renovated character (including agricultural buildings), in particular the resort buildings along the Richelieu River or the country houses along the roads on each side of the Pot au Beurre River;
 * its countryside, forest and riverside landscape, which bears witness to the activities of citizens in this part of the St. Lawrence plain;
 * pleasure boating on the Richelieu River ( segment of river).

Understand
The territory of Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel has a primary economic vocation in agriculture and forestry; recreational tourism activities subsequently developed there. The inhabitants live in the riparian zone of the east bank of the Richelieu River (including along Route 133), along Route 239, Chemin Sainte-Victoire and Rang Nord, or in the village of Sainte-Victoire- of-Sorel.

Geography
This locality is cut in two by the course of the Port au Beurre River which has its source at the confluence of the Lemoine river (from the southeast) and the brook des Benoit (coming from the southwest). The Pot au Beurre River, a serpentine watercourse with a slight drop (, between its source and its mouth) which passes on the west side of the village, has marked the history of the locality. Historically, agricultural and forestry development occurred gradually on each side of this river.

By car

 * From Montreal (83 km, time: 1 hr 8 min). Take the Jacques-Cartier bridge (east); take route 132 (eastbound); take Autoroute 20 (eastbound) and cross the bridge over the Richelieu River; take route 133 (northbound); take Rang du Ruisseau Nord (northbound); take the Montée de la Basse (north-west); take Rang de la Basse (north); take Chemin Sainte-Victoire (north) to the village of Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel.
 * From Quebec City (210 km, time: 2 hr 21 min). Take Autoroute 40 (westbound) to Trois-Rivières; take Autoroute 55 (south) and cross the Laviolette bridge; take Route 132 (west) to Sorel-Tracy; take Rang Sud (south) to the village of Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel.