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Montreal is defined by its location between the Saint Lawrence river to its south and the Rivière des Prairies to its north. The city is named after the most prominent geographical feature on the island, a three-head mountain called Mount Royal, topped at 232 m (761 ft) above sea level .
Montreal, city, Quebec province, southeastern Canada. The second most-populous city in Canada and the principal metropolis of Quebec, it occupies about three-fourths of Montreal Island, near the confluence of the Ottawa and St. Lawrence rivers. It is a city with considerable French colonial history.
Montreal is located in the southwest of the province of Quebec, approximately 275 km (171 mi) southwest of Quebec City, the provincial capital, and 167 km (104 mi) east of Ottawa, the federal capital.
Montreal is situated in the southwestern portion of the Canadian province of Quebec, about 275 km southwest of Quebec City - the provincial capital, and 190 km east of Ottawa - the federal capital. The city is also situated about 550 km northeast of Toronto and 625 km north of New York City.
Montréal is located at the confluence of the mighty St. Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers, which flow south around the island through Lac St-Louis and north by way of the Rivière des Prairies.
It is located in southwestern Quebec on Île de Montreal at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and Ottawa rivers. Montreal is a major industrial centre, commercial and financial metropolis, railway and maritime bridgehead, and one of the centres of francophone culture in North America.
Montreal is in the southwest of Quebec, 530 kilometres north of New York City. The city itself is located on an island, the Island of Montreal. Near the downtown area, there is a hill called Mount Royal (Mont Royal in French).