Canal de l'Aqueduc (Greater Montreal Area)
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The Canal de l'Aqueduc is an open-air aqueduct canal on the Island of Montreal in Quebec, Canada, serving part of the drinking water needs of the city of Montreal.
The canal draws water from the Saint Lawrence River on the southernmost shore of the island in the borough of LaSalle, in the Lachine Rapids downstream of the Honoré Mercier Bridge. It then runs northwesterly, through LaSalle and then between the boroughs of Verdun and Le Sud-Ouest, finally ending at a City of Montreal pumping station and underground reservoir on av. Atwater just south of the Pointe-Saint-Charles neighbourhood. At this point the canal passes within 300 metres of the Lachine Canal.
The canal is lined with wetland along its route, and although the canal itself is fenced off, a linear park and bicycle path runs along its southern bank. Boul. de La Vérendrye and Boul. Champlain, major streets, run along its northern and southern banks respectively, with the Décarie Autoroute running along the end nearest the pumping station.
The canal is crossed by a number of bridges, listed here in order from the river to the pumping station:
Boul. LaSalle
Avenue Dollard
Boul. Bishop-Power/Boul. Shevchenko
Rue Crawford (footbridge)
Av. Stephens
Av. Woodland
Rue Jolicoeur
Rue Galt
Av. de l'Église
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The canal draws water from the Saint Lawrence River on the southernmost shore of the island in the borough of LaSalle, in the Lachine Rapids downstream of the Honoré Mercier Bridge. It then runs northwesterly, through LaSalle and then between the boroughs of Verdun and Le Sud-Ouest, finally ending at a City of Montreal pumping station and underground reservoir on av. Atwater just south of the Pointe-Saint-Charles neighbourhood. At this point the canal passes within 300 metres of the Lachine Canal.
The canal is lined with wetland along its route, and although the canal itself is fenced off, a linear park and bicycle path runs along its southern bank. Boul. de La Vérendrye and Boul. Champlain, major streets, run along its northern and southern banks respectively, with the Décarie Autoroute running along the end nearest the pumping station.
The canal is crossed by a number of bridges, listed here in order from the river to the pumping station:
Boul. LaSalle
Avenue Dollard
Boul. Bishop-Power/Boul. Shevchenko
Rue Crawford (footbridge)
Av. Stephens
Av. Woodland
Rue Jolicoeur
Rue Galt
Av. de l'Église
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_de_l'Aqueduc
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 45°26'40"N 73°36'11"W
- Lachine Canal - Entrance 5.6 km
- Lachine Rapids 6.7 km
- Old Bedard Quarry 8.1 km
- Yacht Club de Montreal 8.8 km
- Sir-Wilfred-Laurier Park 10 km
- Olympic Basin 10 km
- Valois Bay 16 km
- Saint-Hubert Mega-Project Lake 16 km
- Centenial Park 18 km
- Lac Hertel 37 km
- Parc Angrignon 0.3 km
- Ville-Émard 1.2 km
- Crawford Park 1.3 km
- Douglas Mental Health University Institute 1.4 km
- The Bronx 1.7 km
- LaSalle (Montreal) 2.1 km
- Montreal Ouest 3.8 km
- Loyola 4.1 km
- Clay Mountains 5.1 km
- Greater Montreal Area 15 km