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. This is about the river in Canada. ... Motto: Je me souviens (French: I remember) Official languages French Flower Blue Flag Iris (Iris versicolor Linné) Tree Yellow Birch Bird Snowy Owl Capital Quebec City Largest city Montreal Lieutenant-Governor Lise Thibault Premier Jean Charest (PLQ) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 75 24 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of... The Saint Lawrence River (French: fleuve Saint-Laurent) is a large west-to-east flowing river in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. ... The Hochelaga Archipelago, also known as the Montreal Islands, is a group of 234 islands at the confluence of the St. ... Location map of Lake St-Louis. ... The Island of Montreal (in French, île de Montréal), in extreme southwestern Quebec, Canada, is located at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers. ...

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 Rivière des Mille-ÃŽles (River of the Thousand Islands) is a channel of the Saint Lawrence River in southwestern Quebec, Canada. ... Dusk over ÃŽle de la Visitation and the Pont Papineau-Leblanc, Rivière des Prairies The Rivière des Prairies (sometimes called the Back River in English) is a channel of the Ottawa River in southwestern Quebec, Canada. ... Motto: Unité, progrès, grandeur (Unity, Progress, Greatness) Area: 247. ... Motto: Unité, progrès, grandeur (Unity, Progress, Greatness) Area: 247. ... Deux-Montagnes is a municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada where the Rivière des Mille-Îles flows out of Lac des Deux-Montagnes. ...

Origin of the name

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. Samuel de Champlain by Théophile Hamel (1870) Samuel de Champlain (about 1580 – 25 December 1635) was a French geographer, draftsman, explorer and founder of Quebec City. ... Oka, Quebec is a small Canadian village on the bank of Lake of Two Mountains north of Laval, Quebec near Montreal founded in 1721 by the Roman Catholic Sulpician Order. ...