Lac des Deux Montagnes
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| Geographical location | Québec (Canada) | |
| Tributaries | Ottawa River | |
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Rivière des Prairies , Rivière des Mille Îles , to the Saint Lawrence River |
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| Places on the shore | Montréal | |
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| Coordinates | 45 ° 27 ′ N , 74 ° 0 ′ W | |
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| surface | 150 km² | |
| length | 43 km | |
| width | 10 km | |
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| Location of the Lac des Deux Montagnes (on the far right is Montréal) | ||
The Lac des Deux Montagnes (literally translated as "lake of the two mountains") is a 150 km² lake in the southwest of the Canadian province of Québec . It is located west of the Île de Montréal in the Hochelaga archipelago and forms the mouth of the Ottawa delta .
The lake has four outflows: the Rivière des Mille Îles in the northeast and the Rivière des Prairies in the east form the Île Jésus with the city of Laval . These arms of the river converge at the northern tip of the Île de Montréal and shortly afterwards flow into the Saint Lawrence River . Two branches of the Ottawa flow south around the Île Perrot into Lac Saint-Louis , a lake in the Saint Lawrence River; the slight difference in height is overcome with one lock each .
The village of Oka and the town of Deux-Montagnes are located on the north shore of the lake, which is especially popular with sailors . In 1612, Samuel de Champlain first named the lake Lac des Médicis , and around 1632 Lac des Soissons . It received its current name in 1684. This refers to the two highest peaks of the Mont Oka range on the north bank.
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- ↑ a b c Commission de toponymie du Québec - Lac des Deux Montagnes