Richelieu River
Rises in Bennington county, Vermont, and flows into
the St. Lawrence, after a course of 210 miles. Discovered by Champlain
in 1609, who in that year ascended the river to Lake Champlain. It was
at first known as the Riviere des Iroquois, and has at different times
borne the names of Chambly, St. Louis, and Sorel. =Index=: (Count Frontenac era) Highway
to Iroquois country, 9; fort erected at mouth of, 51. (Sir Georges E. Cartier era) Scenes of
patriarchal life along, 118-121. (Louis Joseph Papineau era) In Rebellion of 1837, 128-134.