Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue is a town located at the western tip of the Island of Montreal

Island of Montreal

The Island of Montreal , in extreme southwestern Quebec, Canada, is located at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers. It is separated from Île Jésus by the Rivière des Prairies....

 in southwestern Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, Canada

Canada

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. It is the second oldest community in Montreal's West Island

West Island

The West Island is the unofficial name given to the western cities and boroughs of the Island of Montreal, in Quebec, Canada...

, having been founded as a parish in 1703. The oldest, Dorval, was founded in 1667.

Points of interest include the Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Canal

Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Canal

The Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Canal is a canal and set of locks linking Lake Saint-Louis and Lake of Two Mountains at Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, the very western-most point of Montreal Island, Quebec, Canada...

 (a National Historic Site of Canada), the Sainte-Anne Veterans' Hospital, the Morgan Arboretum

Morgan Arboretum

The Morgan Arboretum is a forested reserve, situated on the McGill University Macdonald Campus in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue on the western tip of the island of Montreal, in Quebec, Canada...

, and the three nature parks transferred from Pierrefonds-Senneville

Pierrefonds-Senneville

Pierrefonds-Senneville is a former Montreal borough in the West Island area of Montreal, Quebec.It was formed by forced merger on January 1, 2002...

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