{"id":4140,"date":"2009-09-20T20:54:20","date_gmt":"2009-09-21T01:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=4140"},"modified":"2013-01-21T12:03:03","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T17:03:03","slug":"surreal-sewers-of-cote-st-paul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/09\/20\/surreal-sewers-of-cote-st-paul\/","title":{"rendered":"Surreal Sights Inside the Sewers of C\u00f4te St. Paul"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I have a feeling we’re not in Montreal anymore.<\/div>\n

I\u2019ve been asked a number of times if I\u2019ve ever come across anything underground in Montreal that\u2019s surprised me. I never really quite know what to say since most of what I see is fairly predictable. It\u2019s mostly pipes and chambers of varying sizes, constructed out of either concrete, brick or occasionally metal. I haven’t (yet) come across any dead bodies, pirate ships<\/a> or gold coins \u2014<\/strong><\/span> although I did find an old wallet once. What surprises do exist usually aren\u2019t worth mentioning; a section that abruptly ends or a stretch that gets larger in diameter when you were expecting it to get smaller. Not exactly the sort of stuff that inspires answers people are hoping to hear. Occasionally, though, I do come across things that I\u2019d consider to be quite out of the ordinary and this entry involves one such example.<\/p>\n

Enter the Cote St Paul Collector Sewer<\/strong>
\nThe C\u00f4te St. Paul collector (CSPC) delivers wastewater from the southern half of C\u00f4te St. Paul towards the eastern edge of Point St Charles where it falls into a far larger sewer, the Saint Pierre Collector.<\/p>\n