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    Nuns' Island (officially Île des Sœurs; French pronunciation: [il de sœʁ]) is an island located in the Saint Lawrence River that forms a part of the city...
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    The Nuns' Island gas station was a modernist-style filling station in Montreal built in 1969 from a project of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Closed for several...
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    the island bypasses this complex part of the river. Neighboring islands in the St. Lawrence include Saint Helen's Island, Notre Dame Island, and Nuns' Island...
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  • Canada Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago, Brazil St Paul's Island, Malta Nuns' Island, originally Île Saint-Paul, part of Montreal city, Canada This...
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    municipality of Île-Saint-Paul, occupying what was by then universally known as Nuns' Island or Île des Sœurs, was annexed to Verdun in 1956. Then a chiefly agricultural...
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    into Montreal. The project was initially called the Nuns' Island Bridge because it crosses Nuns' Island. In 1958, it was named the Champlain Bridge in honour...
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    institutes of nuns and sisters (the female equivalent of male monks or friars), each with its own charism or special character. Traditionally, nuns are members...
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    Nuns' Island in the borough of Verdun in Montreal and the suburban city of Brossard on the South Shore. A second, connected bridge links Nuns' Island...
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  • Island of the Sequined Love Nun is a novel by American absurdist writer Christopher Moore, published in 1997. It is based partly on the author's personal...
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    Poor Clares (redirect from Poor Clare Nuns)
    Capuchin nuns alone number some 1,350 living in 73 different monasteries around the country. A monastery was founded in Huehuetenango, Guatemala, by nuns from...
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    Île Bizard (category West Island)
    within the city of Montreal, along with the Island of Montreal and Nuns' Island (Île des Soeurs). The island is served by buses 207 and 407. Historically...
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    There have been three Catholic religious institutes of nuns on Shaw Island. Benedictine nuns established a monastery on 150 acres (61 hectares) in the...
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    74 smaller islands in the archipelago, most notably Nuns' Island (also known as Île des Sœurs in French), Île Bizard, and the two islands that served...
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  • (4,349) and 4620317.04 (8,183). ^h Population calculated by removing Nuns' Island (20,461), Île-Bizard (14,713) and L'Île-Dorval (5) from the Montreal...
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    Nun's Island Distillery was an Irish whiskey distillery which operated in Galway, Ireland, from at least 1815, and possibly as early as the late 1700s...
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    Urban agglomeration of Montreal (category Island of Montreal municipalities)
    includes several of the islands of the Hochelaga Archipelago in the Saint Lawrence River, including the Island of Montreal, Nuns' Island (Île des Sœurs), Île...
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    Saint Helen's Island (French: Île Sainte-Hélène) is an island in the Saint Lawrence River, in the territory of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It...
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    capitalization of approximately $1.7 billion dollars. The majority of Nuns' Island in Montreal is owned by Boardwalk through Structures Metropolitaines...
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  • 1962 Tourelle-Sur-Rive – Residential apartment complex of three towers, Nuns' Island, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 1962 Home Federal Savings and Loan Association...
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    claimed that nuns of the Religious Hospitallers of St. Joseph of the Montreal convent of the Hôtel-Dieu, whom she called "the Black Nuns", were forced...
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    Notre Dame Island (French: Île Notre-Dame) is an artificial island in the Saint Lawrence River in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is immediately to the east...
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    Furey throwing stones against the window of her grandmother's house on Nun's Island, in the city. Joyce's poem She Weeps Over Rahoon describes the grief...
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  • justice. In different years, the nuns have tackled different themes. In 2012, the nuns aimed to draw attention to nuns' work with the poor and to protest...
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    Square Place d'Youville Islands Île Bizard Île de la Visitation Island of Montreal Notre Dame Island Nuns' Island Saint Helen's Island Transportation Central...
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    Montreal (category Island of Montreal municipalities)
    settlement was built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal and a few much smaller peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city...
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  • Quebec, where he was joined by LuAnn. The couple later moved to the Nuns' Island section of Montreal, where he deserted LuAnn for another woman, Ann Okcha...
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  • The following is a list of islands, sorted by population density, and including islands that are connected to other land masses by a route other than sea...
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  • The Blood Parasites. Ivan Reitman produced the film. It was shot at Nuns' Island from 21 August to 17 September 1974. The film was given a budget of $115...
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    Galway City Central Claddagh, Dangan, Eyre Square, Mionlach, Newcastle, Nuns Island, Rahoon, Shantalla, and Toghroinn San Niocláis. 6 Galway City East An...
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    Expo 67 located within the grounds of Parc Jean-Drapeau on Saint Helen's Island. The museum's geodesic dome was designed by Buckminster Fuller. The structure...
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