Trois-Rivières


Trois-Rivières

T0375000 (trwä rē-vyĕr′) A city of southern Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and St. Maurice Rivers. Founded in 1634, it grew as a port and a center of the a pulp and paper industry.

Trois-Rivières

(French trwɑ rivjɛr) n (Placename) a port in E Canada, in Quebec on the St Lawrence River: one of the world's largest centres of newsprint production. Pop: 46 264 (2001). English name: Three Rivers

Three′ Riv′ers


n. a city in S Quebec, in SE Canada, on the St. Lawrence. 55,240. French, Trois-Rivières.