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arrives from the southeast by crossing the Chambly rapids for a length of approximately 1.35 kilometres (0.84 mi), i.e. downstream from the Yule bridge which spans this river in order to connect Chambly (west bank) and
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Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada - Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, the database and site instrumentation - accessed May 18, 2020.
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The Chambly Basin is an important area for recreational tourism activities including boating in the summer, the connected
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pours its waters on the south shore of the basin, in the area of the Chambly Canal National Historic Site of Canada.
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of Chambly. It's referred to as a "basin" as it's a shallow lake in which alluvium is deposited. The name French:
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The shape of the basin is similar to the shape of a football. The current from the
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which runs on the west side of Chambly drains at the northeast point of
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flows toward the middle of the eastern shore of the basin. The
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La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality
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La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality
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The towns of Chambly, Richelieu, 16:Body of water in Montérégie, Quebec 13: 522: 14: 709: 529:Commission de toponymie du Québec 664: 448: 434: 427: 277:formed by an enlargement of the 71: 64: 51: 518:Google Books: Jesuit Relations 511: 480: 1: 420:was formalized by the Quebec 169:(clockwise) ruisseau Wilson, 326: 7: 657:List of lakes of Montérégie 602:Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu 575:GPX (secondary coordinates) 537: 303:Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu 250:Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu 225:1.34 mi (2.16 km) 217:1.98 mi (3.18 km) 10: 714: 377: 18: 570:GPX (primary coordinates) 545:Map all coordinates using 241: 237: 229: 221: 213: 209: 198: 184: 161: 151: 112: 90: 59: 50: 33: 28: 553:Download coordinates as: 21:Chambly (disambiguation) 490:(2018-05-04) . "VIII". 422:Commission of Geography 407: 321:National Historic Sites 273:) is a shallow, oblong 417: 270: 35: 652:Seigneurie de Chambly 565:GPX (all coordinates) 285:on the river between 136:45.46111°N 73.28333°W 493:Oeuvres de Champlain 463:Notes and references 309:surround the basin. 19:For other uses, see 688:Lakes of Montérégie 488:Samuel de Champlain 383:Samuel de Champlain 141:45.46111; -73.28333 132: /  622:Rivière des Hurons 498:Works of Champlain 456:Rapides de Chambly 345:Rivière des Hurons 171:rivière des Hurons 418:Bassin de Chambly 271:bassin de Chambly 263: 262: 230:Surface elevation 36:bassin de Chambly 705: 674: 669: 668: 667: 531: 526: 520: 515: 509: 508: 506: 505: 484: 478: 473: 452: 438: 398:Jesuit Relations 188: 187:Primary outflows 165: 147: 146: 144: 143: 142: 137: 133: 130: 129: 128: 125: 115: 75: 74: 68: 55: 46: 38: 26: 25: 713: 712: 708: 707: 706: 704: 703: 702: 678: 677: 670: 665: 663: 642:Île aux Lièvres 617:Richelieu River 583: 582: 581: 580: 579: 540: 535: 534: 527: 523: 516: 512: 503: 501: 485: 481: 474: 470: 465: 458: 457: 453: 444: 443: 439: 430: 410: 380: 356:Île aux Lièvres 333:Richelieu River 329: 279:Richelieu River 202: countries 193:Richelieu River 175:Richelieu River 164:Primary inflows 140: 138: 134: 131: 126: 123: 121: 119: 118: 86: 85: 84: 83: 82: 81: 80: 76: 40: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 711: 701: 700: 695: 690: 676: 675: 660: 659: 654: 649: 644: 639: 634: 629: 624: 619: 614: 609: 604: 599: 594: 589: 578: 577: 572: 567: 562: 556: 543: 542: 541: 539: 536: 533: 532: 521: 510: 479: 467: 466: 464: 461: 460: 459: 455: 454: 447: 445: 441: 440: 433: 429: 426: 409: 406: 379: 376: 328: 325: 261: 260: 243: 239: 238: 235: 234: 231: 227: 226: 223: 219: 218: 215: 211: 210: 207: 206: 203: 196: 195: 190: 182: 181: 167: 159: 158: 155: 149: 148: 116: 110: 109: 92: 88: 87: 78: 77: 70: 69: 63: 62: 61: 60: 57: 56: 48: 47: 31: 30: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 710: 699: 696: 694: 691: 689: 686: 685: 683: 673: 662: 658: 655: 653: 650: 648: 647:Demers Island 645: 643: 640: 638: 635: 633: 630: 628: 627:Chambly Canal 625: 623: 620: 618: 615: 613: 610: 608: 605: 603: 600: 598: 595: 593: 590: 588: 585: 584: 576: 573: 571: 568: 566: 563: 561: 558: 557: 555: 554: 549: 548:OpenStreetMap 546: 530: 525: 519: 514: 499: 495: 494: 489: 483: 477: 472: 468: 451: 446: 442:Chambly basin 437: 432: 431: 428:Image gallery 425: 423: 419: 415: 405: 403: 399: 394: 392: 388: 384: 375: 373: 369: 365: 361: 360:Demers Island 357: 352: 350: 349:Chambly Canal 346: 341: 339: 334: 324: 322: 319: 315: 314:Chambly Canal 310: 308: 304: 300: 296: 292: 288: 284: 280: 276: 275:body of water 272: 268: 267:Chambly Basin 259: 255: 251: 247: 244: 240: 236: 232: 228: 224: 220: 216: 212: 208: 204: 201: 197: 194: 191: 189: 183: 180: 179:Chambly Canal 176: 172: 168: 166: 160: 156: 154: 150: 145: 117: 111: 108: 104: 100: 96: 93: 89: 79:Chambly Basin 67: 58: 54: 49: 44: 37: 32: 29:Chambly Basin 27: 22: 672:Lakes portal 637:Goyer Island 632:Fort Chambly 552: 551: 544: 524: 513: 502:. 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Chambly (disambiguation)
French

Chambly Basin is located in Quebec
Chambly
Montérégie
Quebec
Canada
45°27′40″N 73°17′00″W / 45.46111°N 73.28333°W / 45.46111; -73.28333
Type
Primary inflows
rivière des Hurons
Richelieu River
Chambly Canal
Primary outflows
Richelieu River
Basin
Richelieu
Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu
Carignan
Chambly
body of water
Richelieu River
rapids
Chambly
Richelieu
Quebec
Montérégie
Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu
Carignan

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