Hochelaga Archipelago

Coordinates: 45°32′58″N 73°39′02″W / 45.54944°N 73.65056°W / 45.54944; -73.65056
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Hochelaga Archipelago
Île de Montréal, Île Jésus, Île Perrot, Île Bizard
Highest elevation234 m (768 ft)
Highest pointMount Royal (Island of Montreal)
Administration
Canada
ProvinceQuebec
CityMontreal
Additional information
Discovered in 1535 by Jacques Cartier
Dorval Island as painted by Frances Anne Hopkins, 1866.
Nuns' Island at dusk.
Small island near Saint-Eustache in the Rivière des Mille Îles.

The Hochelaga Archipelago (

Saint Lawrence and Ottawa rivers in the southwestern part of the province of Quebec
, Canada.

Population

As of 1 July 2021, the Hochelaga Archipelago officially had 2,556,040 inhabitants in the following municipalities:

Population of the Hochelaga Archipelago:
Municipality Population (2021)[1] Island of each municipality
Montréal
 1,825,208
Île des Sœurs
Laval
 441,929 Île Jésus
Îles Laval (île Bigras, île Pariseau, île Ronde et île Verte)
Île Paton
Dollard-Des Ormeaux
 50,302
Île de Montréal
(part)
Côte-Saint-Luc
 35,117
Île de Montréal
(part)
Pointe-Claire 33,714
Île de Montréal
(part)
Mount Royal 21,844
Île de Montréal
(part)
Westmount 21,152
Île de Montréal
(part)
Kirkland
 20,046
Île de Montréal
(part)
Beaconsfield 19,942
Île de Montréal
(part)
Dorval 19,907
Île de Montréal
(part)
Pincourt 15,109 Île Perrot (part)
L'Île-Perrot 11,455 Île Perrot (part)
Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot 11,366 Île Perrot (part)
Hampstead 7,472
Île de Montréal
(part)
Montréal-Ouest
 5,300
Île de Montréal
(part)
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue 5,048
Île de Montréal
(part)
Montréal-Est
 4,094
Île de Montréal
(part)
Baie-D'Urfé 3,944
Île de Montréal
(part)
Terrasse-Vaudreuil 1,985 Île Perrot (part)
Senneville 973
Île de Montréal
(part)
L'Île-Cadieux 128 Île Cadieux
L'Île-Dorval 30
Île Dorval
Total 2,556,040 Hochelaga Archipelago

Size

Estimates of the number of islands in the archipelago vary. The most widely accepted number seems to be 234,[2] although the number has been put as high as 325.[3]

Islands

The largest island in the group is the

Île Notre-Dame
.

The second-largest island in the archipelago is Île Jésus, which along with the Îles Laval and several smaller islands makes up the city of Laval.

Other islands include the

Dorval Island and Dowker Island
.

List of named islands

Name

The archipelago takes its name from Hochelaga, an Iroquoian settlement on the Island of Montreal that was later settled by the French and grew to become the modern city of Montreal.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Décret de population - Organisation municipale - Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Occupation du territoire". www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Archived from the original on 2018-03-06. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
  2. ^ "Encyclopædia Britannica". Online encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-01-11.
  3. ^ "International Council on Monuments and Sites". 2000 Report on Canada. Retrieved 2008-01-11.
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