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Map of boroughs & neighbourhoods on the island of Montreal. Montreal is located in the southwest of the province of Quebec, approximately 275 km (171 mi) southwest of Quebec City, the provincial capital, and 167 km (104 mi) east of Ottawa, the federal capital.
Montreal [a] is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the ninth-largest in North America.It was founded in 1642 as Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary", [19] and is now named after Mount Royal, [20] the triple-peaked mountain around which the early settlement was built. [21]
Map of New France (Champlain, 1612). "Montreal" is visible on the map next to a mountain in the approximate location. A more precise map was drawn by Champlain in 1632. 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.
Description: MRC Montréal, Quebec: Date: 6 October 2008: Source: travail personnel (own work). Sources : Image:Quebec-MRC.PNG by Fralambert under licence Public Domain; Image:Villages-Cris-Qc.PNG by Joseph B under licence Public Domain
Module:Location map/data/Canada Montreal is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Montreal. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
The most populous region is the Saint Lawrence River valley in the south, where the capital, Quebec City, and the largest city, Montreal, are situated. North of Montreal are the Laurentian Mountains, a range of ancient mountains, and to the east are the Appalachian Mountains which extends into the Eastern Townships and Gaspésie regions.
Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral is a Catholic minor basilica in Downtown Montreal.. Notable religious buildings in Downtown Montreal include: Christ Church Cathedral, Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, Church of St. John the Evangelist, Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral, St. James the Apostle Anglican Church, St. James United Church, St. George's Anglican Church and St. Patrick's Basilica.
The following active airports serve the area around Montreal, Quebec, Canada, lying underneath or immediately adjacent to Montreal's terminal control area: [1] [2]. Montréal-Pierre Elliot Trudeau International Airport terminal and control tower Montréal–Mirabel International Airport Montreal Saint-Hubert Longueuil Airport The former Cartierville Airport