Hochelaga Archipelago

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Hochelaga Archipelago
Native name: Archipel d'Hochelaga

Archipel Hochelaga.PNG
Map of the Hochelaga Archipelago

Geography
Location
Saint Lawrence River
Coordinates
45°32′58″N 73°39′02″W / 45.54944°N 73.65056°W / 45.54944; -73.65056Coordinates: 45°32′58″N 73°39′02″W / 45.54944°N 73.65056°W / 45.54944; -73.65056
Total islands
320
Major islands
Île de Montréal, Île Jésus, Île Perrot, Île Bizard
Highest elevation
234 m (768 ft)
Highest point
Mont Royal (l'Île de Montréal)
Administration

Canada

Province
Quebec
City
Montreal
Additional information

Discovered in 1535 by Jacques Cartier


Dorval Island as painted by Frances Anne Hopkins, 1866.




Nuns' Island at dusk.




Small island near Saint-Eustache in the Rivière des Mille Îles.


The Hochelaga Archipelago (French: Archipel d'Hochelaga), also known as the Montreal Islands, is a group of islands at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa rivers in the southwestern part of the province of Quebec, Canada.




Contents





  • 1 Size


  • 2 Islands

    • 2.1 List of named islands



  • 3 Name


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References




Size


Estimates of the number of islands in the archipelago vary. The most widely accepted number seems to be 234,[1] although the number has been put as high as 325.[2]



Islands


The largest island in the group is the Island of Montreal, which contains most of the city of Montreal and the central section of its metropolitan area. The city has jurisdiction over 74 smaller islands in the archipelago, most notably Nuns' Island, Île Bizard, and the two islands that served as the site of Expo 67, namely Saint Helen's Island and the artificial Île Notre-Dame.


The second-largest island in the archipelago is Île Jésus, which along with the Îles Laval and several smaller islands makes up the city of Laval.


Other islands include the Îles de Boucherville, featuring a Québec National Park, Île Perrot, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield and the neighbouring Grande-Île, as well as the smaller Dorval Island and Dowker Island.



List of named islands


  • Île à l'Aigle

  • Île Avelle

  • Île Barwick

  • Île Béique

  • Île Bellevue

  • Île Bizard

  • Île au Bois Blanc

  • Île Bonfoin


  • Îles de Boucherville, including:
    • Île Charron

    • Île de la Commune

    • Île Dufault

    • Île Grosbois

    • Île Lafontaine

    • Île Montbrun

    • Île à Pinard

    • Île Saint-Jean

    • Île Sainte-Marguerite

    • Île Tourte Blanche


  • Île Bourdon

  • Île Boutin

  • Île Cadieux

  • Île aux Canards

  • Île aux Chats

  • Île aux Cerfeuils

  • Île aux Chèvres

  • Île aux Plaines

  • Île Claude

  • Île Daoust

  • Île Deslauriers

  • Île Dixie

  • Île Dorval

  • Île Dowker

  • Île au Foin

  • Île Gagné

  • Île Hiam

  • Île Hog

  • Île Jasmin

  • Île Jésus

  • Île Lamontagne

  • Île Lapierre


  • Îles Laval, including:
    • Île Bigras

    • Île Pariseau

    • Île Ronde

    • Île Verte


  • Île Madore

  • Île Ménard

  • Île Mercier

  • Île Migneron

  • Île Mitan

  • Île de Montréal

  • Île du Moulin de Saint-François

  • Île aux Moutons

  • Île Notre-Dame


  • Îles de la Paix, including:
    • Île au Diable

    • Île du Docteur

    • Île à Tambault

    • Île à Thomas

    • Île aux Veaux


  • Île Paton

  • Île aux Plaines

  • Île Perrot

  • Île Perry

  • Île de Pierre

  • Île aux Pins

  • Île aux Pruches


  • Îles des Rapides de Lachine or Îles du Sault-Saint-Louis, including:
    • Île aux Hérons

    • Île aux Chèvres

    • Île au Diable

    • les Sept-Soeurs

    • Île aux Sternes


  • Île Roussin

  • Île de Roxboro

  • Île Saint-Joseph

  • Île Saint-Laurent

  • Île Sainte-Hélène

  • Île Saint-Pierre

  • Île Sainte-Thérèse

  • Île Serre

  • Île des Sœurs

  • Île Sunset

  • Île Todd

  • Île aux Tourtes

  • Île du Tremblay

  • Île à la Truie

  • Île aux Vaches

  • Îles de Varennes

  • Île Vert

  • Île de la Visitation

  • Île Wight


Name


The archipelago takes its name from Hochelaga, an Iroquoian settlement on the Island of Montreal that was later settled by the French and grew to become the modern city of Montreal.



See also


  • Montreal Archipelago Ecological Park

  • Thousand Islands


References




  1. ^ "Encyclopædia Britannica". Online encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-01-11..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ "International Council on Monuments and Sites". 2000 Report on Canada. Retrieved 2008-01-11.









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