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18 unusual facts about Island of Montreal


Canadian federal election results in Eastern Montreal

The eastern end of the Island of Montreal was the city's only solidly sovereigntist area and was the Bloc Québécois's power base for almost two decades, partly due to its leftist bent.

CFTU-DT

This effectively limited its over-the-air footprint to the Island of Montreal, Jèsus Island, and a few inner-ring off-island suburbs.

CJNT-DT

This effectively limited its over-the-air footprint to the Island of Montreal, Jésus Island and a few areas on the mainland.

Coat of arms of Montreal

The first European settlers in possession of the Island of Montreal hailed from France, and thus are represented by this symbol.

François-Saturnin Lascaris d'Urfé

François-Saturnin Lascaris d'Urfé, S.S. (1641 – June 30, 1701), was a French Sulpician priest known as the first resident pastor of the Parish of Saint-Louis du Haut de l'Île in what became the town of Baie-D'Urfé on the Island of Montreal in New France.

Guillaume Sayer

Beek at Ste Anne, Bout de l'Isle at the western end of the Island of Montreal.

Hasmig Belleli

Belleli supported Mayor Bourque's successful campaign to create a single municipal administration for the Island of Montreal.

Island of Montreal

The first French name for the island was "l'ille de Vilmenon", noted by Samuel de Champlain in a 1616 map, and derived from the sieur de Vilmenon, a patron of the founders of Quebec at the court of Louis XIII.

Jarry Street

Jarry Street (officially rue Jarry) is a street on the Island of Montreal which stretches from Boulevard de l'Acadie in the west to Boulevard Ray-Lawson to the east.

Jean Talon Street

Jean-Talon Street (officially Rue Jean-Talon) is one of the longest streets on the Island of Montreal.

Macdonald Campus

It was established in 1905 as Macdonald College and opened in 1907 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, in the West Island region of the Island of Montreal.

Maurice Boucher

Around 1982, Boucher was a member of a white-supremist motorcycle gang named the SS, who were based in Pointe-aux-Trembles, on the eastern tip of the Island of Montreal.

Montreal Metropolitan Commission

The Montreal Metropolitan Commission (known in French as the Commission métropolitaine de Montréal) was a former authority that was involved in municipal affairs affecting the urbanized part of the Island of Montreal.

Montreal Urban Community

The Montreal Urban Community (MUC) (Communauté Urbaine de Montréal — CUM) was a regional government that covered all municipalities located on the Island of Montreal plus the islands of Ile Dorval and Ile Bizard from January of 1970 until the end of December 2001.

Nicolas Tétrault

He argued that the pledge would create instability for municipal government on the Island of Montreal, where several municipalities had recently been merged to create a united city.

Quebec cider

The Sulpicians, who settled on the Island of Montreal in 1657, possessed, beginning in 1666, a little orchard inside the fenced garden of the seminary on Notre-Dame Street.

Société Notre-Dame de Montréal

In March 1663, Seigniorial rights to the Island of Montreal were transferred by the Société de Notre-Dame de Montréal to the Sulpicians.

Le Royer de la Dauversière obtained the Seigneurial title to the Island of Montreal in the name of the Société de Notre-Dame de Montréal to establish a Roman Catholic mission for evangelizing natives.


Fort Pointe-aux-Trembles

Fort Pointe-aux-Trembles was built around 1670 on the Island of Montreal in order to defend this part of the island which also included Ville-Marie.

Lachine Canal

The Lachine Canal (Canal de Lachine in French) is a canal passing through the southwestern part of the Island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, running 14.5 kilometres from the Old Port of Montreal to Lake Saint-Louis, through the boroughs of Lachine, Lasalle and Sud-Ouest.

Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

Whereas the modern saut means simply "(a) jump", sault was also applied to cataracts, waterfalls and rapids in the 17th century, hence the placenames Grand Falls/Grand-Sault, New/Nouveau Brunswick and Sault-au-Récollet on the Island of Montreal in Canada; and Sault-Saint-Remy and Sault-Brénaz, in France.