Coteau-du-Lac
Also known as Coteau‑du‑Lac, Quebec, Coteau‑du‑Lac, QC
Coteau-du-Lac () is a small city in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality, about 50 km southwest of Montréal.
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Coteau-du-Lac () is a small city in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality, about 50 km southwest of Montréal.
The name of the town comes from the French word coteau which means "slope" and from its location on the north shore of Lake Saint Francis. The National Historic Site of Canada of the Coteau-du-Lac canal is the location of the first canal lock system in North America. The city has an industrial park.