List of rivers and water bodies of Montreal Island explained

The rivers and water bodies of Montreal are few and mostly artificial. Hydrography of the island of Montreal remained intact until approximately XIXth where Montreal will undergo major urban works including the construction of Lachine Canal and the creation of the first major parks of Montreal.

History

Last Ice Age

After the Ice Age, around 13,000 years ago, Montreal and the Saint Lawrence Lowlands were flooded by the Champlain sea. Within a few centuries, as and when these waters recede, the Mount Royal and its three summits are emerged into islands. With the complete withdrawal of the sea, water is retained in some depression of the island. This is the case among other Beaver Lake, located in the palm of Mount Royal. This will dry gradually to become a fen.^[1] It was regrooved artificially in 1938.

Before XIXth

There used to be a complex hydrographic, now destroyed or channeled.^[2] ^[3]

(or small lake St. Peter): long by about 4 kilometers and one kilometer wide, marshy lake that was halfway between the Old Montreal and Lachine, south of Quartier Latin, the, and west of the Turcot Interchange. It was backfilled and gradually dried up, particularly with the construction of the Lachine Canal and with the industrialization of the sector. The highway 20 runs through the length and breadth of today in the center.^[4]
Saint Pierre River

started in Côte-des-Neiges down to Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and widening formed Lake Otter. It then returns to the river and leads to St. Lawrence River in Nuns' Island.

Little St. Pierre River: created artificially in 1697 under the name of "St. Gabriel canal". This channel connects the Saint-Pierre River (in the east part of Lake Otter) up the Pointe-à-Callière Museum. One part was channeled as qu'égout (William collector) in 1832. The Pointe-à-Callière Museum would make the public place around 2017.^[5]
Saint Martin River or Little River: It begins at Mount Royal Cemetery through Outremont, Quebec and the Mile End and Plateau Mont-Royal until La Fontaine Park (including the pond is a remnant). Then it branched off westward through the Quartier Latin and ran along the to the river. There are still some traces of the river.^[6]

Today

Today there are only a handful of streams and lakes in nature. However, many parks have ponds or artificial lakes of large size.

List of water bodies

Below is a partial list of current waters bodies of the island:

Name	Photo	Location	Contact information	Type	Area (ha)
				artificial
				artificial
Olympic pool				artificial
Lake Île Notre-Dame				artificial
Centennial Lake				artificial
Lac des Dauphins				artificial
Lac des Battures				artificial
Main pond Parc Angrignon				artificial
Little Basin				artificial
Swan Lake				artificial
Pond Fountain				artificial
				artificial
Basin Jarry Park				artificial

List of rivers

Rivière à l'Orme
Bertrand Brook
Saint-Pierre River (Montreal)
Lachine Canal
Aqueduct Canal
St. Lawrence River
Prairie River (Montreal)

Notes and References

https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/science-et-technologie/408486/le-lac-aux-castors-habite-par-le-rongeur-il-y-a-11-000-ans Article of "journal Le Devoir" - Beaver Lake (Lac aux Castors) on Mount Royal
Web site: Radio-Canada . 2016-10-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140429191603/http://rivieresperdues.radio-canada.ca/fr/villes/montreal#river4 . 2014-04-29 . dead .
https://sites.google.com/site/indigenecommunity/home/mapping-ecological-indigenous-heritage sites.google.com Carte des sites de l'héritage autochtone
Web site: Radio-Canada, emission "Rivières perdues". . 2016-10-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170425195421/http://rivieresperdues.radio-canada.ca/fr/villes/montreal/histoire/13 . 2017-04-25 . dead .
http://pacmusee.qc.ca/fr/ a-propos de Pointe-à-Callière museum/museum/future-expansion-museum-projects Article "À propos du musée de Pointe-à-Callière"
http://gaiapresse.ca/nouvelles/des-rivieres-perdues-un-ruisseau-meconnu-36348.html Article "Des rivières perdues - un ruisseau méconnu"