Île de Montréal

Island of Montreal

Map of the Island of Montreal
Island of Montreal
Geography
Location	Saint Lawrence River
Coordinates	45°30′01″N 73°38′47″W / 45.50028°N 73.64639°W / 45.50028; -73.64639Coordinates: 45°30′01″N 73°38′47″W / 45.50028°N 73.64639°W / 45.50028; -73.64639
Archipelago	Hochelaga Archipelago
Area	499.19 km2 (192.74 sq mi)
Length	50 km (31 mi)
Width	16 km (9.9 mi)
Highest elevation	233 m (764 ft)
Highest point	Mount Royal
Administration
Canada
Province	Quebec
City	Montreal
Demographics
Population	1,942,044 (2016)
Pop. density	3,890 /km2 (10,080 /sq mi)
Ethnic groups	multiracial (200 ethnic groups)

The Island of Montreal (French: Île de Montréal, Kanien’kéha: Tiohtià:ke), in southwestern Quebec, Canada, is at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa rivers. It is separated from Île Jésus (Laval) by the Rivière des Prairies.

It is the largest island in the Hochelaga Archipelago, and the second largest in the Saint Lawrence River (following Anticosti Island in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence). The St. Lawrence widens into Lake Saint-Louis south-west of the island, narrows into the Lachine Rapids, then widens again into the Bassin de La Prairie before becoming the St. Lawrence again and flowing toward Quebec City. Saint Helen's Island and Notre Dame Island are in the Saint Lawrence southeast of downtown Montreal.

The Ottawa widens and becomes Lac des Deux-Montagnes north-west of the island. The Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Canal, between the western tip of the island and Île Perrot, connects Lac des Deux-Montagnes and Lake Saint-Louis. Another outlet of Lac des Deux-Montagnes, the Rivière des Prairies, flows along the north shore of the island and into the St. Lawrence at the northeastern tip of the island.