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Does anyone call it the Island of Montreal? Even in the US, it's called the Ile de Montreal. We don't say that Paris includes the Island of the City. -- Zoe

Well, a Google search turns up more "Island of Montreal"s than "Ile de Montreal"s and "Île de Montréal"s if you limit it to search only English-language pages. --Brion
Ha. Well, I guess I'm not in touch with the ignorance of the American people as much as I thought I was.  :-) -- Zoe
(Clearly not -- I'd never even heard of the island in question, in English or in French, before noticing this article. --Brion)
What do the Americans have to do with it? (Also, note Île-Jésus, Île-Bizard, Île Sainte-Hélène...)
Seriously folks, I've never heard it called anything other than the Island of Montreal or Montreal Island in English, even by someone who uses the French names for other nearby islands. Montreal has a sizable English-speaking minority. - montréalais
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