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Rivière des Mille Îles

Coordinates: 45°38′34″N 73°46′16″W / 45.642848°N 73.771133°W / 45.642848; -73.771133
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Rivière des Mille Îles
Aerial view of Mille Îles River with the Pont Marius-Dufresne in the foreground.
Aerial view of Mille Îles River with the Pont Marius-Dufresne in the foreground.
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionLaval, Laurentides and Lanaudière
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationLake of Two Mountains
Mouth 
 • location
Rivière des Prairies
Length42 km (26 mi)

The Rivière des Mille Îles (French: [ʁivjɛʁ de mil il], "Thousand Islands River") is a channel of the Ottawa River in southwestern Quebec, Canada and runs into the Rivière des Prairies.[1] It is 42 kilometres (26 mi) long.[2]

It divides Île Jésus (the city of Laval) from the North Shore, the northern mainland suburbs of Montreal, such as Deux-Montagnes, Saint-Eustache, Boisbriand, Rosemère, Lorraine, Bois-des-Filion, Sainte-Thérèse, and Terrebonne.

The river rises at the narrowing of the Lake of Two Mountains, where the Ottawa River widens as it feeds into the St Lawrence at Montreal,[3] and flows west to east. It joins the Rivière des Prairies at the eastern tip of Île Jésus, which shortly thereafter joins the St. Lawrence at the eastern tip of the Island of Montreal.

As its name suggests, the river contains many small islands which are part of the Hochelaga Archipelago. It is not to be confused with the Thousand Islands at the head of the St. Lawrence River, in Ontario and New York State.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Home". parc-mille-iles.qc.ca.
  2. ^ "Rivière des Mille-Îles" (in French). GrandQuebec.com. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  3. ^ James Marsh. "Ottawa River". The Canadian Encyclopedia. The Historica Dominion Institute. Archived from the original on May 2, 2012.

Further reading

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  • Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service, and Ecological Gifts Program (Canada). Marcelle Cordeau Parent Part of the Great Marsh of the Rivière des Mille Îles Is Protected Forever. Sainte-Foy, Quebec: Canadian Wildlife Service, Quebec Region, 2007.

45°38′34″N 73°46′16″W / 45.642848°N 73.771133°W / 45.642848; -73.771133