Île Perrot

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Île Perrot
Waters Ottawa River
Archipelago Hochelaga archipelago
Geographical location 45 ° 22 ′  N , 73 ° 56 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 22 ′  N , 73 ° 56 ′  W
Île Perrot (Québec)
Île Perrot
length 11 km
width 4.8 km
surface 41.92 km²dep1
Highest elevation 55  m
Residents 37,399

The Île Perrot is an island in the southwest of the Canadian province of Québec . It is located at the mouth of the Ottawa in the St. Lawrence River , between Lac des Deux Montagnes in the north, Lac Saint-Louis in the south and the Île de Montréal in the east. The island is 41.92 km² and is the third largest in the Hochelaga archipelago . It is around 11 km long and up to 4.8 km wide, the highest point is at 55 m above sea level.

The Hochelaga archipelago with the Île Perrot in the southwest
Administrative structure:
  • L'Île-Perrot
  • Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot
  • Pincourt
  • Terrace Vaudreuil

    • geography

    On the island are the four municipalities L'Île-Perrot , Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot , Pincourt and Terrasse-Vaudreuil , which together have 37,399 inhabitants (2011). They are part of the regional municipality of Vaudreuil-Soulanges and belong to the community association Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal .

    The Île Perrot consists primarily of Cambrian quartzite ; angular blocks of this hard rock can be found on most of the island. The soil is a loamy-sandy podzol , which has formed on acidic and nutrient-poor boulder clay. In places there is more nutrient-rich, but poorly draining gley soil . Large areas in the center and in the southeast of the island are forested.

    traffic

    A total of six bridges lead to the Île Perrot. They are all in the same traffic corridor in the north-west of the island that connects Vaudreuil-Dorion on the mainland with Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue on the Île de Montréal. This corridor is also the main link between Montreal and Toronto . Autoroute 20 , one of the country's most important motorways , runs over the Pont Taschereau (in the west) and the Pont Galipeault (in the east) . Two railway lines run parallel to the Canadian National Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway .

    The backbone of local public transport is a suburban railway line operated by the Agence métropolitaine de transport , which runs from the Lucien-L'Allier train station in Montreal to Vaudreuil-Dorion and Hudson ; there are two train stations on the island itself. The bus company CIT La Presqu'Île takes over the fine development.

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