Sorel-Tracy is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada and the geographical end point of the Lake Champlain Valley at the confluence of the Richelieu River and the St. Lawrence River, on the western edge of Lac Saint-Pierre downstream and east of nearby Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 34,076. The mayor is Marcel Robert. It is the seat of the Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality.
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Sorel-Tracy is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada and the geographical end point of the Lake Champlain Valley at the confluence of the Richelieu River and the St. Lawrence River, on the western edge of Lac Saint-Pierre downstream and east of nearby Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 34,076. The mayor is Marcel Robert. It is the seat of the Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality.
The city is the result of a voluntary amalgamation in 2001 between two cities, Sorel and Tracy. The Richelieu River separates the two communities; Tracy on the west shore and Sorel on the east shore. Sorel itself had annexed in 1992 the municipality of Saint-Pierre-de-Sorel which corresponds today to the southern part of its territory.
Sorel was founded in 1642 (for more infos, see History of Sorel). Tracy was founded on February 10th, 1954. Prior to 1954, Tracy was known as the parish of Saint-Joseph de Sorel (not to be confused with the town of Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel, an...
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