Oka National Park


Oka National Park is a small provincially administered park, located within the village of Oka and between Pointe-Calumet on one side and Saint-Placide on the other side. on the north shore of Lac des Deux Montagnes in Quebec, Canada. The Park is home to one of the largest heronries in Quebec and the historical site of Calvaire d'Oka shrine which dates from 1740.

Facilities

The Park has an area of. It shares territory with the municipality of Oka, which is in the Deux-Montagnes Regional County Municipality and the region of Laurentides. The Park includes beaches and marshes located north of Lac des Deux Montagnes, as well as the Calvaire d'Oka. The Park is traversed by Highway 344 and is also accessible by Quebec Autoroute 640 which ends on Highway 344.

The Oka Calvary trail

The priests of the Sulpician order built seven chapels on the low hills of Oka to mark some of the Stations of the Cross.