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Deux Montagnes (other)
Deux Montagnes is French for "Two Mountains", and can represent: * Lac des Deux Montagnes, a lake in the Greater Montreal Area * Deux-Montagnes, Quebec, a municipality in Canada, named after the lake * Deux-Montagnes Regional County Municipality, Quebec, a regional government (county) in Canada, with county seat at Deux-Montagnes * Deux-Montagnes line, a former commuter train line in Greater Montreal that ends at Deux-Montagnes * Deux-Montagnes station, a future train station, to be a terminus of the Réseau express métropolitain * Deux-Montagnes (provincial electoral district), a Quebec provincial riding that encompasses the municipality of the same name * Deux-Montagnes (electoral district), a former Canadian federal riding that encompassed the municipality of the same name * Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes, a former Canadian federal riding * Blainville—Deux-Montagnes, a former Canadian federal riding See also *Two Mountains (other) {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lac Des Deux Montagnes
Lake of Two Mountains (French: ''Lac des Deux Montagnes'') is part of the river delta widening of the Ottawa River in Quebec, Canada, at its confluence with the St. Lawrence River. Lake of Two Mountains has four outflows: Rivière des Mille Îles and Rivière des Prairies, bordering Île Jésus, and two branches of the Ottawa River, flowing into the St. Lawrence via Lake Saint-Louis, on either side of Île Perrot. The city of Deux-Montagnes is located on the lake's north shore, where it flows into Rivière des Mille Îles. The southwest portion of the city of Montreal borders the eastern part of the lake, as does the now merged village of Senneville. Kanesatake (''Kanehsatà:ke''), a Kanien'kéha:ka Mohawk reserve in Kanesatake, Quebec, is also located along the northern shore. Origin of the name The lake was named ''lac des Médicis'' in 1612 by French explorer Samuel de Champlain, then renamed ''lac des Soissons'' about 1632. By around 1684 French colonists named it as Lac d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |