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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 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.
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.
Lachine Maroons; Lakers du Lac Saint-Louis; S. Soccerplexe Catalogna This page was last edited on 2 February 2024, at 15:10 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
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 ...
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.
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Lachine station is a commuter rail station operated by Exo in the borough of Lachine, Canada. It is part of the Vaudreuil–Hudson line. It has no connecting bus routes. [1] As of October 2020, on weekdays, all 11 inbound trains and 12 outbound trains on the line call at this station. On weekends, all trains (four on Saturday and three on ...