Chenal de l'Île d'Orléans

The chenal de l'Île d'Orléans (French pronunciation: [ʃənal də lil dɔʁleɑ̃], Orléans Island Channel) is a channel of the St. Lawrence River, flowing in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.

This channel is formed by the Île d'Orléans (length: 33.1 kilometres (20.6 mi); width: 8.3 kilometres (5.2 mi)) which is bound to the southeast by the St. Lawrence River and to the northeast by the channel of Île d'Orléans.

The surface of the Île d'Orléans channel is generally frozen from mid-December to the end of March.

The mouth of the Île d'Orléans channel, which merges with the St. Lawrence River, is located at Pointe aux Prêtres (north-west bank of the river) and Pointe Argentenay (north end of Île d'Orléans).

The center of this confluence is located at: The width of the mouth of the channel is 2.8 kilometres (1.7 mi).