Rivière des Mille Îles
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Rivière des Mille Îles | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Laval, Laurentides and Lanaudière |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Lake of Two Mountains |
Mouth | |
• location | Rivière des Prairies |
Length | 42 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
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
New York State
.
See also
- List of crossings of the Rivière des Mille Îles
- List of Quebec rivers
References
- ^ "Home". parc-mille-iles.qc.ca.
- ^ "Rivière des Mille-Îles" (in French). GrandQuebec.com. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- The Historica Dominion Institute. Archived from the originalon May 2, 2012.
Further reading
- 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.
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