Saint-Ann-de-Bellevue – Take a Promenade Along the Waterfront

Saint-Ann-de-Bellevue Sits at the Confluence of Two Impressive Rivers, Saint Lawrence and Ottawa –

The last stop, before our arrival in Montreal, is the second oldest community on the Island of Montreal, Saint-Ann-de-Bellevue. Founded in the early 1700s, this small town has all the charm you would expect and hope to encounter just short of Montreal. No gimmicky tourist traps here, only quaint shops, pubs, and restaurants. The town has a very European feel with a French flair. A good place to relax before we hit the big metropolis of Montreal.

We stopped here twice. It was our last stop before we hit the Saint Lawrence River and Montreal. We stopped again the day we left Montreal, to start our return trip home. On our trip east, toward Montreal, we stayed on the wall across from Saint Ann De Bellevue. On the way back, we tied up on the town-side wall. Saint-Ann-de-Bellevue is one of those places you’d want to slow down, enjoy the ambiance, and, as we did, extend our stay by one day.

The locks were getting a little bigger. We had to tie up to another boat while positioning ourselves for the sixty-five-foot Carillon Lock, it had an interesting lift gate that reminded me of a guillotine.

Since we were here on the weekend, we got to visit the local farmer’s market where the local produce and homemade goodies caught my eye. No worries about negotiating in French, nearly everyone speaks English. At the end of our trips, we are usually out of fresh produce and trying not to stock anymore, so my goal was to get only a green pepper for dinner. I only needed that one thing. but he talked me into these beautiful parsnips. He went on and on about the flavor; I had no choice, a real salesman he was! Those were some of the best radishes we’ve ever had.

On our return trip from Montreal, we locked through at Saint-Ann-de-Bellevue Canal for the last time.