Located within the boroughs of Ahuntsic-Cartierville and Montréal-Nord, the island is the site of the L'Île-de-la-Visitation Nature Park, as well as the remaining buildings of the historic Sault-au-Récollet district.
The island also includes the former hydraulic installations, l'île du Cheval-de-Terre, which is connected to Laval by the Rivière des Prairies generating station, as well as a wooded area left intact along the Rivière des Prairies.
In order to control the force of the current, the Sulpician landlords connected the island to the shore by a causeway.
He built a stone mill to grind corn, another for carding wool.
The Maison du Pressoir was built in 1806 by Didier Joubert who used it to press apples into cider.