Talk:Island of Montreal

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Ile de Montreal

Does anyone call it the Island of Montreal? Even in the US, it's called the Ile de Montreal. We don't say that Paris includes the Island of the City. -- Zoe

Well, a Google search turns up more "Island of Montreal"s than "Ile de Montreal"s and "Île de Montréal"s if you limit it to search only English-language pages. --Brion

Ha. Well, I guess I'm not in touch with the ignorance of the American people as much as I thought I was. :-) -- Zoe

(Clearly not -- I'd never even heard of the island in question, in English or in French, before noticing this article. --Brion)

What do the Americans have to do with it? (Also, note Île-Bizard, Île Sainte-Hélène...)

Seriously folks, I've never heard it called anything other than the Island of Montreal or Montreal Island in English, even by someone who uses the French names for other nearby islands. Montreal has a sizable English-speaking minority. - montréalais

montréalais is right. It's the Island of Montreal in English, the Île de Montréal in French. The island had 26 municipalities on it (the largest being the City of Montreal itself) till this year when they were merged into one, so the distinction of the Island versus the City no longer exists. But it will take a while to die out of common speech. - zadcat

Actually, not quite true, zad - remember that the City contains 75 islands now, including the large ones I mentioned, as well as Île des Soeurs, etc. - montrealais

"...located at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and the Rivière des Outaouais." - Is there a reason that we have the English 'St. Lawrence' (as opposed to St-Laurent) and the French Rivière des Outaouais (as opposed to Ottawa River, its article name)? It seems an odd mix of languages. Radagast 22:12, Jul 8, 2004 (UTC)

No, there is no reason. - Montréalais 23:40, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Actually, there is. The Saint Lawrence bears both names, officially, but the bits of the Ottawa river that lie in Québec bears only the name 'Rivière des Outaouais'. (c.f.: http://geonames2.nrcan.gc.ca/cgi-bin/v6/sima_unique_v6?english?EHNAY?C (note that this specifically queries the english name of the feature)). I agree that the mix of names sounds a little silly though, but then it would be more accurate to change Saint Lawrence. - Coren 04:04, Jan 5, 2005 (UTC)

I don't think that's correct. According to National Resources Canada's resources for translators, the Ottawa and Saint Lawrence rivers are two of a limited set of features of pan-Canadian interest that, accordingly, can have their names translated, whereas other features are supposed to have only one form. It's not that those parts of the Ottawa River in Quebec are called Rivière des Outaouais in English -- it's that, unlike other features, it has a name in French and a name in English. - Montréalais 06:32, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Map

A map would be nice.... 85.138.1.15 23:46, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Traffic volumes

Can the statement The Champlain Bridge and the Jacques Cartier Bridge together handle 95 million vehicles a year, a volume greater than all of Toronto's and Vancouver's bridges combined be sourced? I'm very skeptical of the figure - Highway 401 crosses three rivers and the Gardiner Expressway and most of the east-west arterials cross both the Humber and the Don. Or perhaps it's counting bridges that cross the municipal boundary only? Peter Grey 18:10, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Map request

~~{{reqmapin|Quebec}}~~ It would be useful to have a map showing the municipal boundaries. -- Beland 22:09, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There is one now. --Qyd (talk) 00:31, 24 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

New list

I suggest a new article: List of islands in rivers Peter Horn 14:58, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Another picture?

Is there another picture available? To someone unfamiliar with the area, it is difficult to discern features on the current snowy one. Greenwool 02:45, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Picture of map outdated

The Map in the corner is outdated, is shows all the old no longer existing boroughs that ar4e now independent municipalitys. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.59.86.218 (talk) 21:15, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Island of Montreal is located in Montreal

Island of Montreal (Montreal)

Indeed, this map is obsolete as of Jan 1, 2006. Similar obsolete maps still "decorate" many articles related to Montreal. The following map should be substituted. [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Montreal-boroughs-post-demerger.png Map Peter Horn 18:41, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Peter Horn 18:41, 18 October 2008 (UTC) Peter Horn 18:58, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The correct place to discuss this is {{Location map Canada Montreal}}. Fixed, anyway. --Qyd (talk) 20:23, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

True area of Montreal Island

Is it possible to get this data somewhere. The current figures (wih defunct link) reflect I believe the are of the Census Division of Montreal which also includes Nun's island, Ile Bizard, Ile Notre Dame, Ile aux Herons, Ile Dorval, Ile Sainte Helene and so on. Would anyone know where to locate the true area of the Island of Montreal?--Paulalexdij (talk) 19:54, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Since nobody has had anything to say about this, I have amended the article to clarify the extent of the only available figure for the area of Ile-de-Montreal. Cheers. --Paulalexdij (talk) 12:18, 20 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Colour coding not explained

The red and blue colour coding on the map in the box at the top right of the page is not, as far as I can see, anywhere explained.

Needs another/different map

The main map only shows the outline of the island and the districts. The other one shows a big red dot in the larger region, but no local details at all. It gives no sense of the surrounding area or the relative size of the island compared to the rivers, or its surrounding islands. There is a much better map in List of bridges to the Island of Montreal that shows the island, rivers, and surrounding islands, all of which are mentioned in the text but not shown in the maps. I came here because I was curious about how much water there was around Montreal, and didn't find anything, but the other map answered my question immediately. It seems important to me to show the island as part of a local system of rivers and islands, not just a district floating in space. Its not like it's an atoll surrounded by empty ocean. .45Colt 17:55, 20 January 2016 (UTC) .45Colt 17:55, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]