Oka National Park ''(Parc national d'Oka)'' is a small provincially administered park, located within the village of Oka and between Pointe-Calumet on one side and Saint-Placide on the other side. on the north shore of Lac des Deux Montagnes in

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, Ministère du Développement durable, de l’Environnement et des Parcs. The Park is home to one of the largest

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in Quebec and the historical site of Calvaire d'Oka (Calvary of Oka) shrine which dates from 1740.

Facilities

The Park has an area of . It shares territory with the municipality of Oka, which is in the

Deux-Montagnes Regional County Municipality Deux-Montagnes is a regional county municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. It is located immediately north of Laval on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles and on the north shore of the Lake of Two Mountains. Its s ...

and the region of

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. The Park includes

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es and

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es located north of Lac des Deux Montagnes, as well as the Calvaire d'Oka. The Park is traversed by Highway 344 and is also accessible by

Quebec Autoroute 640 Autoroute 640 (or A-640) is a Quebec autoroute that runs across the North Shore Region (paralleling the Rivière des Mille-Îles) from Route 344 in the Oka area to Route 138, where it ends as a four-lane expressway in Charlemagne. The road w ...

which ends on Highway 344.

The Oka Calvary trail

The priests of the

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built seven chapels on the low hills of Oka to mark some of the Stations of the Cross. File:CalvaireOka-00.JPG, Chapel on the way up the Oka Calvary trail. File:CalvaireOka-01.JPG, Two of the three chapels at the top of the Oka Calvary trail. File:CalvaireOka-02.JPG, Inside view of one of the Oka Calvary chapels. File:CalvaireOka-03.JPG, Painted relief wood panel in one of the Oka Calvary chapels.

References

:''This article was initially translated from the French Wikipedia.''

External links

Parc national d'Oka
- official site National parks of Quebec Tourist attractions in Laurentides Protected areas of Laurentides {{Quebec-geo-stub

Facilities

The Oka Calvary trail

See also

References

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