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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 ...
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.
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.
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 Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site; L. Lachine station; Lachine Canal; Lachine Hospital; LeBer-LeMoyne House; R. RCAF Station Lachine
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.
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Fur trade National Historic Sites of Canada (2 C, 11 P) ... The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site; List of fur trading post and forts in North America;