Oka, Quebec

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Oka, Quebec is a small Canadian village on the bank of Lake of Two Mountains north of Laval, Quebec near Montreal founded in 1721 by the Roman Catholic Sulpician Order.

In the summertime, the community's long stretch of beachfront and marina draws people from the city to the area as does the Abbaye Notre-Dame-du-Lac, famous for its Oka cheese produced by the Trappists living at the monastery. A small ferry service operates between Oka and the town of Hudson at the opposite side of the lake.

In 1990, the small community gained international attention in what became known as the Oka Crisis following a confrontation between the Quebec Police Force and some members of the Mohawk nation in the adjacent community of Kanesatake.