History / Histoire
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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...
By Andrew Emond -
Brooks in the City
Preparing the foundation for the Meilleur-Atlantique tributary sewer on north shore of Montreal. (Photo source: City of Montreal Archives) How else...
By Andrew Emond -
Photo du Jour – Station de Pompage Craig
In april 1886, the water level of the Saint-Lawrence river rose so high that the city was flooded all the way up to Square Victoria. The next year, the...
By Alanah Heffez -
Photo du jour – Biosphere Burning
The biosphere’s outer covering burned on May 20th, 1976, during structural repairs. Today’s photo du jour is courtesy of an Archives Canada...
By KC Bolton -
Photo du Jour : L Berson Monuments
L Berson & Sons has held this prominent spot on the Main since 1922. The monument manufacturer is located just around the corner from the Bagg street...
By Alanah Heffez -
A Montreal Milestone
Montreal’s oldest milestone, erected in 1684, now nearly blends in with a rock wall that was built centuries later. It would be easy to miss but for...
By Alanah Heffez -
The ghosts of Steinberg’s
There’s something particularly iconic about supermarkets, especially in North America, where they first emerged in the 1940s and have a good...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Photo du Jour – Public Transit Plaque
Plaque at Berri-UQAM metro station commemorating the inauguration of Montreal’s public transit system in 1861 and the metro in 1966. According to an...
By Alanah Heffez -
Photo du Jour – Bassin du Grand Séminaire
Just to the west of the du Grand Séminaire building on Sherbrooke and du Fort, this shallow pool was built some time between 1731 and 1801 (the exact date...
By Alanah Heffez -
Photo du Jour – Old School
The pair of towers on Sherbrooke street are among the oldest structures in the city, according to the Centre d’histoire de Montréal. However...
By Alanah Heffez -
Hopeful about Les bassins du nouveau havre
“Actually, they are the basins of the ancien havre but that ‘s what happens when the branding guys get hold of this,” commented Mark...
By Alanah Heffez -
Société Radio Canada plans to re-create dense urban neighbourhood
The Office de Consultation Publique de Montréal is holding and information session and three workshops this month on the Radio Canada’s site. This...
By Alanah Heffez