Everything about Oka Quebec totally explained
Oka, Quebec is a village on the northern bank of the
Ottawa River ("Rivière des Outaouais" in French), northwest of
Laval on
Route 344. It was founded in
1721 by the
Roman Catholic Sulpician Order.
In the summertime, the community's long stretch of beachfront along the
Ottawa River and the
Lake of Two Mountains and
marina draws people from the urban cities around
Montreal to the area, as does the
Abbaye Notre-Dame-du-Lac, famous for its
Oka cheese produced by the
Trappists monks living at the
monastery. A small
ferry service operates between Oka and the town of
Hudson at the opposite side of the lake (Ottawa River). There is also connection with the
AMT Deux-Montagnes Train to and from
Montreal's Central Station and
Deux-Montagnes Station by the
OKA Express mini-bus
(External Link
).
In
1990, the small community gained international attention in what became known as the
Oka Crisis following a confrontation between the
Quebec Police Force and some members of the
Mohawk nation in the adjacent community of
Kanesatake.
There used to be a
Niobium mine (also known as
Columbium) just of the Ste-Sophie road not far from the
monastery.
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