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Deux-Montagnes County, Quebec
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 Blainville—Deux-Montagnes (; formerly known as Deux-Montagnes) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, C ... [...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 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 Samuel de Champlain (; 13 August 1574#Fichier]For a detailed analysis of his baptismal record, see #Rit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deux-Montagnes, Quebec
Deux-Montagnes () is a suburban municipality in Southwestern Quebec, Canada on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille Îles where it flows out of Lake of Two Mountains (French: ''Lac des Deux Montagnes''). It is part of the Deux-Montagnes Regional County Municipality in the greater Montreal region. It is located from Montreal. The name "''Deux-Montagnes''" (French for "Two Mountains") dates to 1674 when it was given to the lake bordering on the municipality, and to the seigneury which stood north of the lake. Founded as the Village Municipality of Saint-Eustache-sur-le-Lac in 1921, it became a city in 1958, and changed its name to Deux-Montagnes in 1963. History Ten thousand years ago at the end of the pleistocene, the Champlain Sea covered a large part of southern Quebec and left behind the clay, sand and peat soil that is now under the city of Deux-Montagnes. When the sea retreated to the Atlantic Ocean, along the channel that is now the St-Lawrence River and its tribut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |