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Lachine (French pronunciation:) is a borough (arrondissement) within the city of Montreal on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It was founded as a trading post in 1669. Developing into a parish and then an autonomous city, it was merged as a municipality into Montreal in 2002.
It is located adjacent to the Lachine Rapids in the borough of LaSalle. It is considered by the City of Montreal as one of its large parks. [1] [2] The park is 30 hectares (74 acres) large. It has been a migratory bird sanctuary since 1937, and is home to over 225 species of bird, [3] among these is the great blue heron, a protected species.
Heron Island is a small island of approximately 129 acres in the Saint Lawrence River and part of Sainte-Catherine, Quebec, Canada. The northern tip of the island is located in the Lachine rapids. It is one of "Saint-Laurent, Vision 2000" 37 protected sites.
Lachine, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Sainte-Genevieve and Pointe-Claire developed in a more or less interconnected fashion as colonial outposts spread out along the edge of the island. During the Ancien Régime of the early colonial era, these communities had their own parish churches, many of which still exist. In addition to the churches and ...
Following the Great Peace of Montreal in 1701, farmers settled along Lower Lachine Road (now boulevard LaSalle), which connected Fort Ville-Marie with Lachine. [11] Around 1800, Chemin de la Rivière-Saint-Pierre (now rue de l'Église) was opened. [11]
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine; R. René Lévesque Park; S. Saint Patrick Street; V. Ville Saint-Pierre This page was last edited on 22 August 2019, at 19:45 ...
Lachine Canal, Quebec; The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site; Lachine station, train station on the Vaudreuil–Hudson line of the Réseau de transport métropolitain commuter train network; Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, a federal electoral district; Lachine massacre, 1689 attack by Mohawk warriors on the French settlement of ...
Griffintown is the portion of the ward of St. Ann north of the Lachine Canal; the part south of the canal is now part of Pointe-Saint-Charles. This part of the ward was delimited by Notre-Dame Street to the north, the Bonaventure Expressway to the east, and a short segment of the city limit between Notre-Dame Street and the canal west of the St ...