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A stone warehouse was erected in 1803 to store the furs gathered as a result of fur trade. It is now a Parks Canada museum dedicated to the history of this strategic location as a departure and arrival point for fur trading expeditions. The site is separate from Lachine Canal National Historic Site, with which it is inextricably connected ...
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.
This is a list of National Historic Sites (French: Lieux historiques nationaux) in Montreal, Quebec and surrounding municipalities on the Island of Montreal.. As of 2018, there are 61 National Historic Sites in this region, [1] of which four (Lachine Canal, Louis-Joseph Papineau, Sir George-Étienne Cartier and The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site) are administered by Parks Canada ...
Around the canal's inlet, in the southern part of the borough, are located The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site, René Lévesque Park (on a long peninsula extending into Lac Saint-Louis), and the Musée de Lachine, which has collections of modern outdoor sculpture both on its own grounds, in René Lévesque Park, and in other sites ...
The canal has been designated as a National Historic Site of Canada, officially named the Lachine Canal National Historic Site of Canada. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site is located near the western end of the canal.
The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site; L. Lachine station; Lachine Canal; Lachine Hospital; LeBer-LeMoyne House; R. RCAF Station Lachine
Lachine was the main departure point for westward-traveling fur traders, a fact that may have provided extra motivation for the Mohawk attack, [17] though the simple exposure of Lachine at the upper end of Montreal island was likely more a factor.
Jean-Marie Ducharme (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ maʁi dyʃaʁm]; July 19, 1723 – July 20, 1807) was a fur trader and political figure in New France, British Quebec, and Lower Canada. He was born in Lachine, New France in 1723, the son of a farmer there who also was involved in the fur trade. He entered the fur trade in the southwest.