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It is located in the borough of Lachine on a jetty between the Saint Lawrence River and the end of the Lachine Canal. Approximately 140,000 m 2 (1,500,000 sq ft) in area, it is named after René Lévesque, the premier of Quebec from 1976 to 1985. The park features a bicycle path, an arboretum and several species of birds.
The name was adopted when the parish of Saints-Anges-de-la-Chine was created in 1676, [7] with the form "Lachine" appearing with the opening of a post office in 1829. [ 8 ] An alternative etymology attributes the name to the famous French explorer Samuel de Champlain , who also hoped to find a passage from the Saint Lawrence River to China.
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.
In 1667 Ville Marie's richest merchants, Jacques Le Ber and Charles Le Moyne bought the land from Cavelier de La Salle to construct Lachine's first fur trading post. Constructed between 1669 and 1671, the fur trading post enabled the two brothers-in-law to control the main access routes of the Lake Saint-Louis and consequently the fur trade.
It was used until 1859 when it was sold to the Sisters of Sainte Anne who used it as an employee residence. The Lachine Canal was built around the rapids in 1825. Sir George Simpson (administrator) had a mansion across the canal from the warehouse which was torn down in 1880. Parks Canada acquired the warehouse in 1977 and in 1985 opened a museum.
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 ...
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