DELSON, QUEBEC

'Delson' is a suburb of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its 2006 population was 7,322. It is 8 mi/13 km SSE of Montreal at .
'Delson' is a city in the county of Roussillion in Québec (Canada), locate in the administrative region of Montérégie.
On its small territory, Delson is crossed by Route 132 and the Turtle River (rivière de la Tortue). The city owns a portion of the Champlain industrial park as well as the Delson station for the Montreal commuter train of the Metropolitan Transport Agency. (Agence Métropolitaine de Transport AMT)
The origin of the name Delson comes from The 'Del'aware and Hud'son' Railway, now a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway which runs through the town.
Delson was founded in 1918 as a village before obtaining its status of a city 21 February 1957. The village of Delson was created from three parishes: St Andrews (1924) and St. David (1938), of the United church as well as Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'Enfant-Jésus (1932) of Catholic faith.




'North:' Candiac
'West:' ''St.Constant, Quebec''
'Delson' 'East:' La Prairie
'South:' St.Constant, Quebec


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# Official Site Ville de Delson (French only)
#Official Site AMT

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