# Pierre-De Saurel

Pierre-De Saurel is a regional county municipality (RCM) of Montérégie, Quebec, Canada. Its head office is in Sorel-Tracy.

## Understand

This MRC places particular emphasis on promoting infrastructures and activities for recreation, particularly in terms of water sports, the outdoors, cycling, attractions and activities, events and making people discover the entire territory.
Since the first expedition of Samuel de Champlain and his men, this valley has been a strategic theater for the protection of New France and the passage of military expeditions.

### Tourist information

* Tourist information office of Sorel-Tracy (Bureau d'information touristique de la région de Sorel-Tracy), 92 chemin des Patriotes (in the maison des Gouverneurs, entrance from the left side, via the parking lot), ☏ +1 800 474-9441. Access ramp for the disabled at the rear of the building. (updated Jun 2022)

## Cities

* 46.05-73.06671 Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel — the gateway to the Lac Saint-Pierre Biosphere Reserve
* 46.0333-73.11672 Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel — an essential passage for boating to go up the St Lawrence or Richelieu Rivers
* 45.8833-73.153 Saint-Ours —
* 45.8833-73.16674 Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu — has facilities for boat and equestrian sports
* 45.95-73.08335 Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel — has a golf course and a shooting range
* 46.0333-73.11676 Sorel-Tracy — the economic centre of the region has historical sites, and shopping, dining and other services for visitors

## Other destinations

* 46.156111-72.9111111 Lac-Saint-Pierre Biosphere Reserve — a 90% natural reserve whose terrestrial and coastal ecosystems have been recognized by UNESCO since 2000. This territory offers hunting, fishing, wildlife development, and pleasure boating. This reserve includes one of the largest known heronries in North America and is home to 288 observed bird species, 116 of which are considered breeding.
* 45.911389-72.9338892 Saint-Aimé —
* 45.95-72.853 Saint-David —
* 46-72.83334 Saint-Gérard-Majella —
* 45.916667-72.9333335 Massueville —
* 45.9667-736 Saint-Robert —
* 46-72.9166677 Yamaska —

## See

Downtown Sorel-Tracy: this industrial and institutional city has a great prehistory of 12,000 years and a great history for four centuries to know.

## Do

Lac Saint-Pierre archipelago and its 103 islands offer a wild bucolic environment. They are cut by marshes, bays and channels. The heron is the emblem of the region. Excursions in pleasure craft (boat, kayaks, canoes, paddle board) provide access to wonderful observation sites for flora and fauna (particularly birds);
Themajestic St. Lawrence River offers a landscape that changes every hour with a lively life (passage of merchant boats, pleasure boating, nautical activities, fishing, hunting) and an evolving natural environment (fog, waves created by wind or large boats, storms).
The Richelieu River's peaceful course hides its great history that we discover by stopping at each village. This waterway is a major recreational navigation route with its canal and locks; boaters benefit from numerous waterfront attractions and service.
In the heart of the St. Lawrence plain, this territory offers numerous agritourism service points: rural lodges, local products (many agricultural stands along the road), rural landscapes.

## Go next

* 45.5667-73.21 La Vallée-du-Richelieu — Straddling the Richelieu River, this region has a lot to offer: a great history (notably that of the Patriots and various wars), a picturesque built heritage, an important pleasure boating route, an intense cultural life (exhibitions of artists and craftsmen), public events, nature or leisure parks, varied and high-quality restaurants, the magnificent Parc du Mont-Saint-Hilaire, agrotourism, etc.
* 45.6833-73.43332 Marguerite-D'Youville — A on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River offering a great history of more than 400 years, a lively resort life, rural, river and riverside landscapes, a picturesque and modern built heritage, local products, a cultural life lively, tourist circuits, varied catering services, campsites, summer camps, leisure and sports centres.
* 45.6167-72.953 Les Maskoutains — Recreational tourism activities focus on camping, agritourism, agricultural activities (exhibitions, auctions, offering local products), cycling, hiking.
* 46.0667-72.83334 Nicolet-Yamaska — bordering Lake Saint-Pierre on South shore.
* 45.8833-72.48335 Drummond —