Sorel
a city and county-seat of Richelieu co., Quebec, Canada; on Lake St. Peter, at the mouth of Richelieu river, and on the Canadian Pacific and other railways; 45 miles N. E. of Montreal.
For many years it was the summer residence of the governor-general of Canada. It has large manufacturing and shipbuilding interests. A fort was built on the site of Sorel in 1665. Pop. about 10,000.