Mile End Road, now known as Mount Royal Avenue, in 1859
WHAT? Bilingual presentation on the history of the Mile End Exhibition Grounds
WHEN? Wednesday, October 3rd, at 6pm
WHERE? Mile End Library, 5434 Park Avenue (near St. Viateur)
HOW MUCH? Free!
Did you know that the residential area between St. Laurent and Park Avenue, north of Mount Royal, was once known as the Annex? It’s part of the legacy of the Mile End Exhibition Grounds, the site of several major industrial and agricultural exhibitions in the nineteenth century. When they were subdivided — annexed — in the 1890s, they formed a large chunk of today’s Mile End.
Tomorrow evening, Mile End Memories will offer a bilingual presentation on the history of the exhibition grounds by Susan Bronson, an architect and professor. It will take place at 6pm at the Mile End Library. For more information, phone 514-849-9543.
2 comments
hey – thanks for posting this. I wouldn’t have heard about it otherwise.
Dear sir,
My ancestors the (Spalding’s) lived in Mile End on Robin street now (Henri Julien)beginning in 1801 to the late 1800’s. The Hopkins 1879 Map (Villages of Saint Jean Baptiste, Cote St Louis and St.Louis du Mile End show Chs.Spalding owning property up to Drolet street and as far as the Belaire Tanneries near Mount Royal
WHERE can I find the Land Deeds. I WOULD APPRECIATE
ANY INFORMATION YOU CAN OFFER.
REGARDS,
Bev.Renaud