Perrot Island
| Île Perrot | |
|---|---|
| Island | |
 Île Perrot, showing its municipalities: Green: Ville de l'Île-Perrot Yellow: Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot Red: Pincourt Blue: Terrasse-Vaudreuil |
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| Coordinates: 45°21′01″N 73°54′09″W / 45.35028°N 73.90250°WCoordinates: 45°21′01″N 73°54′09″W / 45.35028°N 73.90250°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Montérégie |
| RCM | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
| Area | |
| • Land | 41.94 km2 (16.19 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 37,399 |
| • Density | 891.7/km2 (2,309/sq mi) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Postal code span | J7W J7V |
| Area code(s) | (514) and (438) |
Île Perrot (French pronunciation: [il pɛʁo]) is an island west of the island of Montreal in the Canadian province of Quebec. Part of the Hochelaga Archipelago, the island lies between Lake Saint-Louis and Lac des Deux-Montagnes. The island was granted by the Intendant Talon of New France to its founder François-Marie Perrot then Governor of Montreal on the 28th of October 1672.
Nearly 38,000 people live in one of Île Perrot’s four municipalities:
Île Perrot holds the only working windmill in Quebec, dating from the time Île-Perrot was a seigneury in the French colony of New France. The windmill and associated miller's house were designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1969, and a Historic Monument under provincial heritage legislation in 1977. In the windmill's honour, what now constitutes the commercial artery of the island was named boulevard Don-Quichotte.
The island is underlain by Cambrian-age quartzite. Angular blocks of this hard rock are visible on the surface over much of the island. The soil is a stony sandy loam podzol which has developed on acidic, nutrient-poor quartzite till. Over parts of the island, this till is covered with clay which is nutrient-rich and much less stony, but poorly drained and classified as gleysol.
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