Nuns’ Island

Nuns' Island is an island located in the Saint Lawrence River that forms a part of the city of , . It is part of the borough of .
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in St. Lawrence River near Montreal
  • Also known as: “Île des Soeurs”, “Île des Sœurs”, “Ile des Sours”, “Île Saint-Paul”, “Nun’s Island”, “Nuns Island”, and “Nuns‘ Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include La Station and Île-des-Soeurs station.

Community center
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, originally the Nuns' Island gas station, is a modernist-style community center on Nuns' Island in , Quebec. It was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1969.

Railway station
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Île-des-Soeurs is a Réseau express métropolitain station on Nuns' Island in 's borough of . It is operated by CDPQ Infra and serves as a station on the South Shore branch of the REM.

Stadium
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is an arena located in the borough of , in , , Canada. The building opened on November 28, 1939, and holds 4,114 seats.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Verdun and Pointe-Saint-Charles.

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is a borough in the south of , bordered by the borough to the north, LaSalle to the south and the west and by the St-Lawrence river to the east.

Neighborhood
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is a neighbourhood in the borough of in the city of , , Canada. Historically a working-class area, the creation of many new housing units, the recycling of industrial buildings into business incubators, lofts…

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Montreal is the area west of , on both sides of the Lachine Canal, bordered by the districts of LaSalle, and Westmount. It is made up of the neighbourhoods of Petite-Bourgogne-Griffintown, Saint-Henri, Pointe-Saint-Charles, Côte-Saint-Paul and Ville Émard.

Nuns’ Island

Latitude
45.46015° or 45° 27′ 37″ north
Longitude
-73.54694° or 73° 32′ 49″ west
Population
16,000
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
Open location code
87Q8FF63+36
Open­Street­Map ID
way 146912093
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
5980558
Wiki­data ID
Q292493
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Satellite Map

Discover Nuns’ Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Urdu—“Nuns’ Island” goes by many names.

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Localities in the Area

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