Heron Island
Heron Island is a small island of approximately 129 acres in the Saint Lawrence River and part of Sainte-Catherine, Quebec, Canada. The northern tip of the island is located in the Lachine rapids.Photo: Colocho, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in the Lachine Rapids in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Also known as: “Île aux Hérons” and “Île-aux-Hérons”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Maison Étienne-Nivard-de Saint-Dizier and Parc Leroux.
Maison Étienne-Nivard-de Saint-Dizier
Museum
Photo: Thomas1313, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Maison Étienne-Nivard-de Saint-Dizier is a museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sainte-Catherine and Ville-Émard.
Sainte-Catherine
Town
Photo: Pierre Bona, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sainte-Catherine is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the St. Lawrence River in the Regional County Municipality of Roussillon. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 17,347.
Ville-Émard
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ville-Émard is a neighbourhood located in the Sud-Ouest borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Verdun
Photo: Anthony dcp, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Verdun is a borough in the south of Montreal, bordered by the South-West borough to the north, LaSalle to the south and the west and by the St-Lawrence river to the east.
Heron Island
- Categories: river island, forest, locality, and landform
- Location: Quebec, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.42332° or 45° 25′ 24″ northLongitude
-73.57843° or 73° 34′ 42″ westElevation
18 metres (59 feet)Open location code
87Q8CCFC+8JOpenStreetMap ID
way 129895366OpenStreetMap feature
natural=woodOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
5979886Wikidata ID
Q3593273
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Satellite Map
Discover Heron Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Heron Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Île aux Hérons (pulo, lat 45,42, long -73,58)”
- Cebuano: “Île aux Hérons”
- French: “Ile aux Herons”
- French: “île aux Hérons”
- French: “Île aux hérons”
- French: “Île aux Hérons”
- Spanish: “Ile aux Herons”
- Spanish: “Île aux Hérons”
- Swedish: “Île aux Hérons”
- Turkish: “Hérons Adası (Saint-Laurent Nehri)”
- Turkish: “Île aux Hérons”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Heron Island”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Côte-St-Paul and LaSalle.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Île aux Chèvres and Pointe est du parc-des-Rapides.
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