Understand
[edit]This city has mainly a residential, agricultural, commercial and recreational tourism vocation.
The main attractions of this municipality are, in particular:
- its local events and community life: Noctambule, Fête nationale du Québec, Citizens' Day, Halloween Party, Christmas Market, Christmas Party, culture days, summer activities in the municipality's parks; these activities are organized under the aegis of the city or organizations such as Club FADOQ Saint-Mathias de Rouville, Cercle de Fermières, Chœur des Oliviers, Soccer Club, Pétanque Club and Guignolée;
- its gastronomy, as well as its agritourism shops offering local products;
- its picturesque and well-restored built heritage: Saint-Nom-de-Marie church, and ancestral houses;
- its rural panorama of the St. Lawrence plain, a theater of agricultural activities in all seasons that visitors can admire while travelling on rural roads; the village is in the middle of a plain bordered by the Saint-Hilaire, Rougement and Saint-Grégoire mountains, creating a horizon of mountains.
Local information
[edit]- Marieville City Council website
Get in
[edit]By car
[edit]- From Montréal (43 km, time: 32 min.Take the Samuel de Champlain bridge (east); Highway 10 (east); take Route 227 (north) to the village of Marieville.
- From Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (22 km, time: 25 min). Take Route 133 (north) or Chemin des Patriotes which runs along the east bank of the Richelieu River; take Rang des Cinquante-Quatre (south-east); take Rang de la Savane (north); take Rang de la Petite Savane (to the east); take Rang du Ruisseau Barre (north); take rue Chambly to downtown Marieville.
Get around
[edit]See
[edit]- 1 Church of St-Nom-de-Marie (Église St-Nom-de-Marie), 603, rue Claude-De Ramezay (near the Saint-Nom-de-Marie presbytery (603, rue Claude-De Ramezay)), ☏ +1 450-460-7222. Catholic church built from 1918 to 1920. This double-spired building was designated a historic place in 2003.
- 2 Evangelical Baptist Church (Église Évangélique Baptiste), 762, rue Claude-De Ramezay, ☏ +1 450-460-3163, [email protected]. Place of worship.
Events
[edit]- 1 Noctambule: , Parc de Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir, ☏ +1 450 460-4444 ext 277, [email protected]. Annually, over two weeks, in February. Le Noctabule is the main local winter event. It offers activity bubbles at Parc de Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir: handling kites, fireworks, disco skating, introduction to Spikeball and tournament, and introduction to Fat Bike. (date needs fixing)
- 2 Quebec National Day (Fête nationale du Québec): , Parc de Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir. Annually, June 24. Every year, the National Day is celebrated with a variety of activities for young and old. The event usually includes a music, entertainment and fireworks show. (date needs fixing)
- La Grande fête de l'Halloween (La Grande Fête de l'Halloween): . This Halloween party takes a different turn with each edition. People decorate their houses and have weird ghost costumes. Children go around the houses to collect treats. (date needs fixing)
- Marieville Rétro: , rue du Pont and in parc Édouard-Crevier (beside Saint-Nom-de-Marie church), [email protected]. Annually, in July. Exhibition of vintage cars, with a retro show. (date needs fixing)
- Christmas Market (Marché de Noël): , Parc Édouard-Crevier. During the first two weekends of December. Generally, about twenty exhibitors (artists, craftsmen and local agricultural producers) are installed in small houses to offer their local products. This Christmas market started in 2009. (date needs fixing)
- National day of sport and physical activity (Journée nationale du sport et de l'activité physique): . One day in May. Cette journée invite le public à découvrir ou à redécouvrir le plaisir de bouger, de faire du sport et de pratiquer des activités physiques, que ce soit à des fins utilitaires ou pendant ses temps libres. (date needs fixing)
Do
[edit]- 1 Quillorama Marieville, 660, rue Chambly, ☏ +1 450-460-3599. Bowling alley with six synthetic big bowling lanes and six synthetic mini bowling lanes. The quillorama has a restaurant, a pro-shop and a pool table.
- 2 Skatepark Marieville, rue Bernard. Skatepark.
Buy
[edit]Foods
[edit]- 1 Provigo, 282, rue Ouellette, ☏ +1 450-460-7261. General grocery store.
- 2 Metro Marieville, 140, rue Ouellette, ☏ +1 450-460-4480. Supermarket.
Specialized food stores
[edit]- 3 Aromates et Saveurs - Épicerie fine, 1218, rue du Pont, ☏ +1 450-460-7700. Deli.
- 4 Moulin à pain, 1222, rue du Pont, ☏ +1 450-708-1778. Bakery. Take-out orders.
- 5 Jardin Émergent, 1001, rang de l'Église, ☏ +1 450-378-3040. Food producer of aronias. Boutique offering a range of products processed by the owners, Mario and Lise: jelly, syrup, herbal tea, aronia berries in mint syrup, pure frozen aronia juice, balsamic-style aronia vinegar, lemon mustard, chokeberry and more.
- 6 Charbonneau vegetables (Les légumes Charbonneau), 133, chemin du Vide, ☏ +1 450-460-7567. Food market (kiosk) offering vegetables produced on site.
- 7 Les Bien Élevés + La Ferme d'Alex, 1191, rang de l'Église (route 227) (on the south side of Highway 10), ☏ +1 450-460-0121. Agri-food producer of hormone-free and antibiotic-free milk and beef, as well as eggs. Shop offering local meats, fresh eggs, prepared meals, beer, and wine.
Eat
[edit]- 1 Aki Sushi Marieville, 140, rue Ouellette (in the Metro Marieville building), ☏ +1 450-460-4490. Sushi counter.
- 2 Bistro Chez Marie, 664, rue Sainte-Marie. Bistro.
- 3 Bistro La fumerie, 512, rue Sainte-Marie, ☏ +1 579-885-1406. Bistro.
- 4 La Rôtisserit, 1485, rue du Pont, ☏ +1 450-708-1199. This restaurant is equipped with a modern rotating smokehouse. Sports bar.
- 5 Monsieur Shish-Taouk, 1440, rue Edmond Guillet, ☏ +1 450-460-2223. Mediterranean restaurant. Online ordering service.
- 6 Plaza Pizzeria, 530, rue Sainte-Marie, ☏ +1 450-460-4218. Pizzeria.
- 7 Poulet Frit Maniaque, 1222, rue du Pont, ☏ +1 450-708-1157. Restaurant.
- 8 Restaurant Le Brac, 317, chemin Chambly, ☏ +1 450-460-4564, [email protected]. Daily 05:30-15:00. Lunch restaurant. Mezzanine with bar available by reservation for groups.
- 9 Restaurant MSH, 662, rue Sainte-Marie, ☏ +1 450-262-0232. Restaurant.
Drink
[edit]- 1 Bar Auberge Marieville, 2025, rue Saint-Césaire, ☏ +1 450-460-0030. Adult entertainment club.
Sleep
[edit]Hotels, motels
[edit]- 1 Hôtel Bouthillier, 774, rue Saint-Charles. Small hotel.
Camping
[edit]- 2 Camping les Jardins d'Eau, 696, chemin du Ruisseau-Barré (on the south side of Highway 10), ☏ +1 450-826-2351. Campsite around a lake, with swimming pool.
Connect
[edit]The city of Marieville provides the public with various infrastructures for social, cultural and sporting activities:
- 1 Desautels Memorial Library (Bibliothèque commémorative Desautels), 603, rue Claude-De Ramezay ) (basement of the Saint-Nom-de-Marie church), ☏ +1 450-460-4444, , [email protected].
- 2 Indoor pool (Piscine intérieure), École Mgr-Euclide-Théberge, 677, rue Desjardins.
- 3 Arena Julien-Beauregard (Aréna Julien-Beauregard), École Mgr-Euclide-Théberge, 677, rue Desjardins, ☏ +1 450-460-3335. The arena offers time slots for free skating and quarter skating by reservation. The arena also has a restaurant and the La Flamme du Sport boutique.
Go next
[edit]- 1 Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu A municipality with a rich built heritage. Thanks to the Richelieu River, its port was one of the busiest between Lake Champlain and the St. Lawrence River, serving local agricultural and forestry operations. In the 21st century, its economic vocation is centred on recreational tourism and agriculture. Its territory offers green plains because its territory is 96% agricultural.
- 2 Saint-Jean-Baptiste Founded in 1787, leaning against the eastern limit of Mont Saint-Hilaire, Saint-Jean-Baptiste offers a range of recreational tourism activities including camping activities at the Domaine de Rouville and the Lac du Repos campsite, as well as agrotourism. Its old built heritage gives it a picturesque cachet.
- 3 Rougemont The main characteristics of Rougemont are Mont Rougemont which is home to a great biodiversity of fauna and flora, the Abbey of Rougement, the orchards, the cider houses and its ice cider tasting fair.
- 4 Sainte-Angèle-de-Monnoir Mainly agricultural municipality on the St. Lawrence plain, between Mont Saint-Grégoire and Mont Rougemont. Agrotourism characterizes this locality.
- 5 Mont-Saint-Grégoire Municipality overlooked by the magnificent mountain of Mont Saint-Grégoire which includes hiking trails to reach the summit where the panorama on the plain of the Saint-Laurent is bucolic. The northwest side of the mountain is the sugar bush capital of Quebec and Canada. The dining rooms of the seven largest maple groves have a large capacity and offer various other attractions around maple products: catering service, maple products shop, horse-drawn carriage rides, mountain, children's play areas, and mini farm. Mont-Saint-Grégoire also has five orchards and agritourism.
- 6 Richelieu Crossed by Route 112, Highway 10 and Chemin des Patriotes, Richelieu has a heritage circuit describing the great history of the seigneury and the locality, as well as the built heritage. The building of the Oblates marked its history. Recreational tourism activities are intense on the river and the bike paths.
Routes through Marieville |
Montreal ← Richelieu ← | W E | → Granby → Sherbrooke |
Montreal ← Richelieu ← | W E | → Rougemont → Sherbrooke |
ENDS at W E ← Saint-Jean-Baptiste ← | N S | → ENDS at |