Acadia River

The Acadia River flows northerly over 82 km through seven municipalities in La Vallée-du-Richelieu, Les Jardins-de-Napierville, and Le Haut-Richelieu, in Montérégie, on the south shore of St. Lawrence River, in Quebec, Canada. The river empties into the Richelieu River, in Carignan, and skirts the city of Chambly by the north.

Formerly, each segment of the river was named differently during different times. In 1673, the river was called the "Mount Royal River" (Rivière de Mont Royal, in French) in the first acts of concessions of the seiguenrie of Chambly, located at its mouth. While the first settlers in the southern part (high) designate the "River of Morels" (French: Rivière des Morelles). The wild plant that grows on the banks of the river, which produces black berries, and that designation was altered from its original form to become "River Morales" (Rivière des Morales) in the early 19th century. Under the British government, after the conquest of New France, the new settlers use the toponym "Montreal River", a translation of "River of Mount Royal". Upon arrival of the first French settlers in the Haut-Richelieu, the river was named "River of Montreal" (Rivière de Montréal) and "Little River Montreal" (Petite rivière de Montréal). From the mid-19th century, the segment of the river in the area of Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie was designated "River of Acadia" since the exiled Acadians settled after there 1768, but the segments downstream and upstream kept their name of "Little River Montreal". The settlers named their adopted land "La Cadie", "La Petite Cadie" (Little Cadie), or "La Nouvellle Cadie" (New Cadie) in memory of their origins from Acadia.

In 1524, the Florentine Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485? -1528) explored the east coast of North America. In 1548 on a map by Giacomo Gastaldi, "Arcadia" began to designate the area of Maryland and Virginia. According to Marcel Trudel, a historian and teacher, Arcadia is a "place name that we carry to the north and turn under the influence of Mikmaq sounding in Acadia". The name refers to a region of ancient Greece, the rich mythological and literary plan, often described as the land in excellence of serenity

Flows through: Canada.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.