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Sint Eustatius (/ j uː ˈ s t eɪ ʃ ə s / yoo-STAY-shəs, Dutch: [sɪnt øːˈstaː(t)sijʏs] ⓘ), [7] known locally as Statia (/ ˈ s t eɪ ʃ ə / STAY-shə), [8] is an island in the Caribbean. It is a special municipality (officially "public body") of the Netherlands. [9] The island is in the northern Leeward Islands, southeast of the ...
In 1780, the island had an estimated population of 20,000 people including slaves. In 1781, during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, the island was captured and plundered by George Rodney. [5] During the capture, all archives were destroyed. [7] In 1786, it was home to 7,600 people (3,000 white, 600 coloureds and 4,000 slaves).
The island of Aruba is also an constituent country of the Kingdom; Aruba gaining its status in 1986 after seceding from The Netherlands Antilles. The constituent countries of the Dutch kingdom are autonomous (self-governing) while the special municipalities (Caribbean Netherlands) are legally part of the constituent country of The Netherlands.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit [4] Cowichan Valley ... Saint-Eustache Quebec: 1965–2019 ...
Saint-Eustache (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t‿østaʃ] ⓘ) is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in western Quebec, Canada, west of Montreal on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille Îles. It is located 35 km (22 mi) northwest of Montreal.
Dorval Island as painted by Frances Anne Hopkins, 1866. Nuns' Island at dusk. Small island near Saint-Eustache in the Rivière des Mille Îles.. The Hochelaga Archipelago (French: Archipel d'Hochelaga), also known as the Montreal Islands, is a group of 234 islands at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa rivers in the southwestern part of the province of Quebec, Canada.
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Deux-Montagnes (French pronunciation: [dø mɔ̃taɲ]) is a regional county municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada.It is located immediately north of Laval on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles and on the north shore of the Lake of Two Mountains.