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Aerial view of the confluence of the Saint-Maurice and St. Lawrence rivers. At this precise location, two islands separate the Saint-Maurice into three branches.

Appartenance Mauricie Société d’histoire régionale, Le Nouvelliste Fonds

The city of Trois-Rivières is named after the place where islands divide the waters of the Saint-Maurice. At its mouth, the Saint-Maurice separates into three channels that flow around the Saint-Christophe, Saint-Quentin and Caron islands.

16th-century explorers saw three rivers flowing into the St. Lawrence. However, contrary to what they believed, there was indeed only one river.