By Andrew Emond
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Uncovering Rivière St Pierre during Nuit Blanche
In the Spring of 2009, I found an entry point into a sewer that now contains a portion of the former creek known as Rivière Saint Pierre. The discovery...
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Montreal’s Lost Rivers – What Maps Can (and Can’t) Tell Us
A rare view of Rivière St. Pierre, 1956, location unknown. I recently stumbled across a peculiar old map for the island of Montreal showing a rather...
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Surreal Sights Inside the Sewers of Côte St. Paul
I have a feeling we’re not in Montreal anymore. I’ve been asked a number of times if I’ve ever come across anything underground in Montreal that’s...
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Dead Ends and Signs of Life Inside the Point St. Charles Collector
A view through the original Point St. Charles collector sewer, constructed in 1862. Perhaps the most interesting underground features in the Montreal area...
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Montreal’s Wastewater Treatment, Part I – A History of Problems
The grit removal tanks of Montreal’s wastewater treatment plant. Montreal’s wastewater treatment plant can be found at the far east end of the...
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Montreal Waterworks, Part II – Inside the Conduit
Inside the Montreal’s former water intake conduit In my last entry I talked about Montreal’s Aqueduct canal and its role in bringing water to the...
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Montreal Waterworks, Part I – The Aqueduct
Montreal’s aqueduct canal at the Crawford Street bridge in Verdun. So far, most of my entries here on Spacing and Undermontreal have dealt with...
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Far Out in the West Island of Montreal
Inside the ‘7-UP’ chamber. The West Island of Montreal offers what are essentially the low-lying fruit for underground exploring. The...
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Montreal’s Underground Underdogs
Inside the Molson Collector, somewhere beneath Rue Dickson in 2007. When it comes to Montreal’s underground achievements, the Metro system tends...
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Following Riviere St. Pierre Under Lachine
Inside the Rockfield combined sewer overflow conduit Picking up from where we last left off, this stretch takes us through the inside of the Cote-St-Luc...
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Everything You Probably Never Cared to Know About Manhole Covers
Final sewer inspection, North Collector, Montreal, 1955. (Photo source: City of Montreal Archives) I’m going to go out on a limb here and assume that...
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Legend of the Lost Engine
There’s a bit of a legend in Montreal involving a locomotive sitting somewhere underneath the former Turcot Yards. While I’ve always liked the...