LAURENTIANS QUIZ #4: NAMES BY THE NUMBERS

Author:
Matthew Farfan

1) Deux-Montagnes refers to which of the following?
a) A lake.
b) A town.
c) An MRC.
d) All of the above.

2) Which of the following is a lake in the Laurentians?
a) Lac des Six îles.
b) Lac des Seize îles.
c) Lac des Soixante îles.
d) All of the above.

3) Why was the municipality of Milles-Isles so-named?
a) Its original settlers immigrated from the Thousand Islands region of the St. Lawrence River.
b) The Milles Isles River, famous for its many islands, flows nearby.
c) It was at situated at the northeast extremity of the old Milles-Isles Seigneurie.
d) None of the above.

4) How did Lac des Sept Frères, in the Réserve faunique de Papineau-Labelle, get its name?
a) Benjamin-Antoine Testard de Montigny named it in honour of his seven sons.
b) Curé Antoine Labelle named it in honour of his seven brothers.
c) Louis-Joseph Papineau named it in honour of his seven uncles.
d) None of the above.

5) Which of the following is in the Laurentians?
a) Chute des Quatre Pattes.
b) Lac des Quinze.
c) The municipality of Trois-Lacs.
d) None of the above.

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