Dusk over Île de la Visitation and the Pont Papineau-Leblanc, Rivière des Prairies

The Rivière des Prairies (sometimes called the Back River in English) is a channel of the Ottawa River in southwestern Quebec, Canada. Dusk over Île de la Visitation and the Pont Papineau-Leblanc , Rivière des Prairies, Montreal Photo by Montrealais. ... This is about the river in Canada. ... This article describes the Canadian province. ... Canada is a sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ...

Flowing west to east, it rises in the Lac des Deux-Montagnes. It divides the Island of Montreal (Montreal) to the south from Île Jésus (Laval) and Île Bizard (part of Montreal) to the north, and flows into the Saint Lawrence River at the eastern tip of the Island of Montreal. The Island of Montreal (in French, île de Montréal), in extreme southwestern Quebec, Canada, is located at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Île Jésus is an island in southwestern Quebec, separated from the mainland to the north by the Rivière des Mille-Îles, and from the Island of Montreal to the south by the Rivière des Prairies. ... Map of Quebec highlighting Laval Laval is a city, a regional county municipality and a region in southwestern Quebec, Canada in the greater Montreal area. ... Île Bizard is an island near the Island of Montreal. ... The Saint Lawrence River (French fleuve Saint-Laurent) is a large west-to-east flowing river in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. ...

The river contains a large number of islands, including the Îles Laval (Île Bigras, Île Pariseau, Île Verte and Île Ronde) belonging to Laval, and Île de la Visitation, a nature park belonging to Montreal. The Rapides du Cheval Blanc occur downstream from the Îles Laval, in the portion of the river dividing the district of Pierrefonds in Montreal from Sainte-Dorothée in Laval. Pierrefonds is a borough of the City of Montreal, located along the Rivière des Prairies. ...

Historically, the river received massive discharges of untreated liquid waste from Montreal, turning it into essentially an open sewer; however, ecological intervention and modern treatment techniques reversed the damage and the river is now considered clean.

See also

• List of Quebec rivers