[2] Stretched in a north–south direction, Île aux Lièvres resembles the front of a horse whose head looks towards the Chambly basin.

This 10-hectare (25-acre) park was established in May 2017, when the city of Carignan acquired this land from the company Le Développement de la Seigneurie des Îles inc.

Île aux Lièvres does not have an access bridge to the route 223 which runs along the west bank of the Acadie and Richelieu rivers.

Given the proximity of the town of Chambly, some residents used to come to Île aux Lièvres to trap the hare using snares or gun hunting.

[4] The toponym "Île aux Lièvres" was formalized on August 17, 1978 at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.