Island Of Montreal

The island is boomerang-shaped (one end pointing roughly west, the other roughly north). It is the largest island in the Hochelaga Archipelago , and in fact in the entire Saint Lawrence River only Anticosti Island in the Gulf Of Saint Lawrence is larger.

The St. Lawrence widens into Lac Saint-Louis south-west of the island, narrows into the Lachine Rapids , then widens again into the Bassin De La Prairie before becoming the St. Lawrence again and flowing toward Quebec City . Saint Helen's Island and Ile Notre-Dame are in the Saint Lawrence southeast of downtown Montreal .

The Ottawa widens and becomes Lac Des Deux-Montagnes north-west of the island. The Sainte-Anne Canal , between the western tip of the island and Île-Perrot , connects Lac des Deux-Montagnes and Lac Saint-Louis. Another outlet of Lac des Deux-Montagnes, the Rivière Des Prairies , flows along the north shore of the island and into the St. Lawrence at the northeastern tip of the island.

The island is approximately 50 km long and 16 km wide at its widest point. It has 266.6 km of coastline. At its centre are the three peaks of Mount Royal . The south-west of the island is separated by the Lachine Canal between Lachine and Montreal's Old Port ; this portion of the island is partially divided further by the Canal de l'Aqueduc, running roughly parallel to the Lachine Canal, beginning in the borough of LaSalle and continuing between the boroughs of Le Sud-Ouest and Verdun .

The island of Montreal is the major component of the territory of the city of Montreal , along with Île Bizard , Île Dorval , Saint Helen's Island, Île Notre-Dame, Nuns' Island, and some 69 smaller islands. With more than 1.8 million inhabitants (25% of the population of Quebec ), it is By Far The Most Populous Island In Canada , and the 5th Most Populous Island of the Americas . It is ranked the 38th most populated island on Earth, beating out the borough of Manhattan. Montreal and the other municipalities on the island are part of the Administrative Region of Montréal (region) .

A number of crossings connect the island to its surroundings. See the List Of Bridges In Montreal .

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The first French name for the island was "l'ille de Vilmenon," noted by Samuel De Champlain in a 1616 map, and derived from the sieur de Vilmenon, a patron of the founders of Quebec at the court of Louis XIII . However, by 1632 Champlain referred to the "Isle de Mont-real" in another map. The island derived its name from Mount Royal, and gradually spread its name to the town, which had originally been called Ville-Marie.

In the to the island's southwest) or Ka-wé-no-te.

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