Hochelaga Archipelago

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.

Hochelaga Archipelago
Native name:
Archipel d'Hochelaga
Map of the Hochelaga Archipelago
Geography
LocationSaint Lawrence River
Coordinates45°32′58″N 73°39′02″W
Total islands234
Major islandsÎle de Montréal, Île Jésus, Île Perrot, Île Bizard
Highest elevation234 m (768 ft)
Highest pointMount Royal (Island of Montreal)
Administration
Canada
ProvinceQuebec
CityMontreal
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.

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 (also known as Île des Sœurs in French), Île Bizard, and the two islands that served as the site of Expo 67, namely Saint Helen's Island (in French Île Sainte-Hélène) 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 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 (aka as Nuns' Island in English)
  • 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

References
  1. "Encyclopædia Britannica". Online encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-01-11.
  2. "International Council on Monuments and Sites". 2000 Report on Canada. Retrieved 2008-01-11.
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