Lac des Deux Montagnes
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Location map of Lake of Two Mountains. |
The
Lac des Deux Montagnes (English: Lake of Two Mountains) is part of the delta widening of the
Ottawa River in
Quebec,
Canada, where it feeds into the
Saint Lawrence River, around the many islands of the
Hochelaga Archipelago through this lake to the northeast, or neighbouring
Lake Saint-Louis, which takes the St-Lawrence south of the
Island of Montreal.
The Lake of Two Mountains has two outflows:
Rivière des Mille-Îles to the north, and the
Rivière des Prairies to the south, forming the island of
Île Jésus (the city of
Laval) in between, before both rivers join the Saint Lawrence. The present city of
Deux-Montagnes is located on the north shore of the lake where it flows into the Rivière des Mille Îles.
The lake was first named
Lac des Médicis in 1612 by
Samuel de Champlain, then renamed
Lac des Soissons about 1632, and end up bearing its current name around the year 1684. The name refers to the two highest peaks of
Mont Oka that face the lake on its northern shore.
