Lac des Deux Montagnes

Location map of Lake of Two Mountains.

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 toward the northeast, or directly into neighbouring Lake Saint-Louis, which takes the St-Lawrence south of the Island of Montreal.

Lake of Two Mountains has four outflows: Rivière des Mille Îles to the north, and Rivière des Prairies in the middle, forming the island of Île Jésus (the city of Laval) in between, before Rivière des Mille Îles, joins Rivière des Prairies, which in turn joins the Saint Lawrence. Next there are two branches of the Ottawa River to the south, flowing into the Saint Lawrence (Lake Saint-Louis) on either side of Île Perrot. The present city of Deux-Montagnes is located on the north shore of the lake where it flows into Rivière des Mille Îles.

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 ended 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, Calvaire Mountain and Saint-Joseph-du-Lac Hill.

External links

• Deux-Montagnes bulletin (pdf)
• Lac des Deux-Montagnes on Google Map

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