Île Des Sœurs (other)

	Île Des Sœurs (other) Île des Sœurs () may refer to: Canada Several Quebec islands are named Île des Sœurs (lit., "nuns' island"). Nuns' Island, an island in the Saint Lawrence River, part of the city of Montreal Île des Sœurs (Salaberry-de-Valleyfield), a former island in the Saint Lawrence River now linked to Île Papineau in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec * Île des Sœurs (Sherbrooke), located in Sherbrooke, Quebec * Île des Sœurs (Saint-Anicet), located in Saint-Anicet, Quebec * Île des Sœurs (Duhamel-Ouest), located in Duhamel-Ouest, Quebec See also * Iles Soeurs, Seychelles (Souers Islands), an island group: Grande Soeur, Seychelles Petite Soeur Petite Soeur Island, also called Small Sister, West Sister, is an island in the Seychelles archipelago, Located north of La Digue. It is part of Iles Soeurs with Grande Soeur. It is a granitic island covered with tropical forests. The island is p ..., Seychelles * * * Soeur (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ile des Soeurs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Nuns' Island Nuns' Island (officially Île-des-Sœurs; ) is an island located in the Saint Lawrence River that forms a part of the city of Montreal, Quebec. It is part of the borough of Verdun. History Originally called Île Saint-Paul in honour of the founder of Montreal, Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve, the island was initially acquired in 1634 by Jean de Lauzon, future governor of New France. The island was included in the expansive seigneurie of La Citière on the south shore of the St. Lawrence."L'île des Soeurs." Grand répertoire du patrimoine bâti de Montréal. Accessed 2 July 2011. In 1664 he ceded the island in three equal parts to three promine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Montreal Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cities by population, ninth-largest in North America. It was founded in 1642 as ''Fort Ville-Marie, Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", and is now named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked mountain around which the early settlement was built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal and a few, much smaller, peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital, Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a Census geographic units of Canada#Census metropolitan areas, metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, second-largest metropolitan area in Canada. French l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Île Des Sœurs (Salaberry-de-Valleyfield) Ile or ILE may refer to: Ile * Ile, a Puerto Rican singer * Ile District (other), multiple places * Ilé-Ifẹ̀, an ancient Yoruba city in south-western Nigeria * Interlingue (ISO 639:ile), a planned language * Isoleucine, an amino acid abbreviated as Ile or I * Another name for Ilargi, the moon in Basque mythology * Historical spelling of Islay, Scottish island and girls' name * Another name for the Ili River in eastern Kazakhstan * ''Ile'', a gender-neutral pronoun in Portuguese * iLe, a Puerto Rican singer ILE * Intermittent Layer Extrusion, a process which allows the extrusion of a variable layer thickness tube (see 2 1/2D) * Institution of Lighting Engineers, (ILE) UK and Ireland's largest professional lighting association * Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy, a surgical procedure. See Esophagectomy. * Institución Libre de Enseñanza, a Spanish education organization associated with ''Residencia de Estudiantes'' * Intuitive Logical Extrovert, a Socionics term * Skylark F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Saint Lawrence River The St. Lawrence River (, ) is a large international river in the middle latitudes of North America connecting the Great Lakes to the North Atlantic Ocean. Its waters flow in a northeasterly direction from Lake Ontario to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, traversing Ontario and Quebec in Canada and New York (state), New York in the United States. A section of the river demarcates the Canada–United States border, Canada–U.S. border. As the primary Discharge (hydrology), drainage outflow of the Great Lakes Basin, the St. Lawrence has the List of rivers by discharge, second-highest discharge of any river in North America (after the Mississippi River) and the 16th-highest in the world. The estuary of St. Lawrence, estuary of the St. Lawrence is often cited by scientists as the largest in the world. Significant natural landmarks of the river and estuary include the 1,864 river islands of the Thousand Islands, the endangered whales of Saguenay–St. Lawrence Marine Park, and the limestone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield Salaberry-de-Valleyfield () is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Regional County Municipality of Beauharnois-Salaberry. The population as of 2021 was 42,410. The historic downtown is a major touristic centre for the area. Due to the presence of Lake St. Francis on the St. Lawrence River, St. Francis Bay in downtown, and of numerous rivers and canals all over the town, the city is nicknamed "The Venice of Quebec". History The actual city was founded in 1874, the first mayor was Moise Plante. The first settlers arrived in 1798. At that moment, the settlement was named Pointe-du-Lac (Lake Point). The colony was then renamed Saranac, then Sainte-Cécile. Salaberry-de-Valleyfield was officially named in 1874 after Colonel Charles de Salaberry who served with the British army during the War of 1812. "Valleyfield" came from the Valleyfield Mills, a paper mill south of Edinburgh in Scotland. The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Valleyfield, founded in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Île Des Sœurs (Sherbrooke) Ile or ILE may refer to: Ile * Ile, a Puerto Rican singer * Ile District (other), multiple places * Ilé-Ifẹ̀, an ancient Yoruba city in south-western Nigeria * Interlingue (ISO 639:ile), a planned language * Isoleucine, an amino acid abbreviated as Ile or I * Another name for Ilargi, the moon in Basque mythology * Historical spelling of Islay, Scottish island and girls' name * Another name for the Ili River in eastern Kazakhstan * ''Ile'', a gender-neutral pronoun in Portuguese * iLe, a Puerto Rican singer ILE * Intermittent Layer Extrusion, a process which allows the extrusion of a variable layer thickness tube (see 2 1/2D) * Institution of Lighting Engineers, (ILE) UK and Ireland's largest professional lighting association * Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy, a surgical procedure. See Esophagectomy. * Institución Libre de Enseñanza, a Spanish education organization associated with ''Residencia de Estudiantes'' * Intuitive Logical Extrovert, a Socionics term * Skylark F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Sherbrooke Sherbrooke ( , ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François River, Saint-François and Magog River, Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and Census geographic units of Canada, census division (CD) of Quebec, coextensive with the city of Sherbrooke. With 172,950 residents at the Canada 2021 Census, it is the sixth largest city in the province and the 30th largest in Canada. The Sherbrooke Census Metropolitan Area had 227,398 inhabitants, making it the fourth largest metropolitan area in Quebec and 19th in Canada. Sherbrooke is the primary economic, political, cultural, and institutional centre of Estrie, and was given its nickname as the ''Queen of the Eastern Townships'' at the beginning of the 20th century. There are eight institutions educating 40,000 students and employing 11,000 people, 3,700 of whom are professors, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Île Des Sœurs (Saint-Anicet) Ile or ILE may refer to: Ile * Ile, a Puerto Rican singer * Ile District (other), multiple places * Ilé-Ifẹ̀, an ancient Yoruba city in south-western Nigeria * Interlingue (ISO 639:ile), a planned language * Isoleucine, an amino acid abbreviated as Ile or I * Another name for Ilargi, the moon in Basque mythology * Historical spelling of Islay, Scottish island and girls' name * Another name for the Ili River in eastern Kazakhstan * ''Ile'', a gender-neutral pronoun in Portuguese * iLe, a Puerto Rican singer ILE * Intermittent Layer Extrusion, a process which allows the extrusion of a variable layer thickness tube (see 2 1/2D) * Institution of Lighting Engineers, (ILE) UK and Ireland's largest professional lighting association * Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy, a surgical procedure. See Esophagectomy. * Institución Libre de Enseñanza, a Spanish education organization associated with ''Residencia de Estudiantes'' * Intuitive Logical Extrovert, a Socionics term * Skylark F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Saint-Anicet, Quebec Saint-Anicet is a municipality in Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality in the Montérégie administrative region of Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 2,754. Geography Saint-Anicet is located in the southwestern Montérégie region of Quebec, on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. Communities In addition to the namesake main population centre, the following locations reside within the municipality's boundaries: Cazaville () – a hamlet in the southern portion of the municipality on Route 132. Plage-Somerville () – a hamlet located on Baie de Somerville in the Saint Lawrence River. Pointe-Leblanc () – a hamlet located along the Saint Lawrence River. Port Lewis () – a hamlet located along the Saint Lawrence River on Route 132. Lakes and rivers The following waterways pass through or are situated within the municipality's boundaries: Rivière La Guerre () – runs in a southeast to northwest direction to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Île Des Sœurs (Duhamel-Ouest) Ile or ILE may refer to: Ile * Ile, a Puerto Rican singer * Ile District (other), multiple places * Ilé-Ifẹ̀, an ancient Yoruba city in south-western Nigeria * Interlingue (ISO 639:ile), a planned language * Isoleucine, an amino acid abbreviated as Ile or I * Another name for Ilargi, the moon in Basque mythology * Historical spelling of Islay, Scottish island and girls' name * Another name for the Ili River in eastern Kazakhstan * ''Ile'', a gender-neutral pronoun in Portuguese * iLe, a Puerto Rican singer ILE * Intermittent Layer Extrusion, a process which allows the extrusion of a variable layer thickness tube (see 2 1/2D) * Institution of Lighting Engineers, (ILE) UK and Ireland's largest professional lighting association * Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy, a surgical procedure. See Esophagectomy. * Institución Libre de Enseñanza, a Spanish education organization associated with ''Residencia de Estudiantes'' * Intuitive Logical Extrovert, a Socionics term * Skylark F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Duhamel-Ouest, Quebec Duhamel-Ouest () is a municipality in northwestern Quebec, Canada in the Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality. Located at a narrows of Lake Timiskaming, Duhamel-Ouest is home to the Fort Témiscamingue, a National Historic Site of Canada. History Originally inhabited by Algonquin people, the area began to see Coureurs des bois in the middle of the 17th century, travelling on the Ottawa River and Lake Timiskaming. In 1720, Fort Témiscamingue was founded by French merchants on the east side of the lake. In the middle of the 19th century, colonization started with the arrival of logging companies and Oblate missionaries. In 1877, the geographic township of Duhamel was created, named after Joseph-Thomas Duhamel, and was incorporated as a township municipality in 1898. In 1911, the Township Municipality of Duhamel is dissolved, when it split up into the new municipalities of Notre-Dame-de-Lorrainville and Duhamel-Ouest. "''Ouest''" (French for "west") was added to distinguis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Seychelles Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (; Seychellois Creole: ), is an island country and archipelagic state consisting of 155 islands (as per the Constitution) in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, Victoria, Seychelles, Victoria, is east of mainland Africa. Nearby island countries and territories include the Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, and the French Fifth Republic, French overseas departments and regions of France, overseas departments of Mayotte and Réunion to the south; and the Chagos Archipelago to the east. Seychelles is the list of African countries by area, smallest country in Africa as well as the list of African countries by population, least populated sovereign African country, with an estimated population of 100,600 in 2022. Seychelles was uninhabited prior to being encountered by Europeans in the 16th century. It faced competing French and British interests until it came under full British control in the early 19th century. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]