Rivière-des-Prairies, Quebec

The Rivière des Prairies ( [ʁivjɛʁ de pʁɛʁi]; literally "River of the Prairies", sometimes called the Back River in English) is a delta channel of the Ottawa River in southwestern Quebec, Canada. The indigenous inhabitants of what's now known as the Island of Montreal called it "Skowanoti", meaning "River behind the island".