Masta Island (Greater Montreal Area)
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Situated 1.5 miles south of Île Sainte-Thérèse, it forms part of the islands of Varennes. It is less than 1200 feet long and 900 feet wide. Appearing in the Gazeteer of Quebec (1969), the name is without doubt very old, being used on a map of Verchères published in 1929 by the ministry of Colonization and Fisheries. If the date of the first use is unknown, it does not make any difference in its attribution to one named Mathurin Masta (1643-1688), master mason, who lived all his life at Pointe-aux-Trembles, precisely opposite the islands of Varennes, northeast of the Island of Montreal. One must distinguish this master mason from an Abenaquis of St. Francis of the Lake, Pierre-Paul Osunkhirhine, alias Masta, who, converted to Protestantism in the 1830s, evangelized among the Abenaquis. This island is also identified locally as Mastaï and Île de la Marée.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastai
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Coordinates: 45°39'3"N 73°27'51"W
- Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie 14 km
- Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles 14 km
- LaSalle (Montreal) 27 km
- Dorval 31 km
- Laval 34 km
- Pointe-Claire 35 km
- Dollard-des-Ormeaux 35 km
- Pierrefonds-Roxboro 37 km
- Île Bizard 40 km
- Salaberry-de-Valleyfield 66 km
- Centre Sportif Pierre Laporte 5.5 km
- Petromont Inc - Varennes petrochemicals plant 6.2 km
- CanmetENERGY, Natural Resources Canada 7 km
- Old site of Basell Canada inc. (Polyolefins) 7.2 km
- Les Promenades Montarville 7.2 km
- Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge-Tunnel 8 km
- Boucherville Golf Club 8 km
- Demix Agrégats 10 km
- TBS 10 km
- Greater Montreal Area 17 km