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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JW4_joe-beefs-canteen_Montreal-Quebec.html
English:
"Joe Beef's may be low, it is certainly dirty on the cellar and ground floors; and the value of such a place to the city may be questioned, but let one thing be remembered - many a tired head has found rest; many a hungry mouth has…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JW3_saint-laurent-boulevard_Montreal-Quebec.html
English:
Saint-Laurent Boulevard, commonly known as "The Main," holds a special place in the emergence and development of cultural communities in Canada. Since the end of the 19th century, waves of immigrants from all around the world h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JVD_frances-anne-hopkins_Montreal-Quebec.html
Two adjacent panels provide information on the life of Frances Anne Hopkins
Frances Anne Hopkins, an Unrecognized Woman
Do you know this woman? She once walked the ground under you feet. In fact, she lived in Lachine from 1858 to 1860 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JVB_lachine-massacre_Montreal-Quebec.html
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During the night of the 4-5 August 1689, fifteen hundred Iroquois landed at Lachine and placed themselves in small groups near all the houses along the shore. At a given signal the massacre began; two hundred persons perished and one hu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JUE_visitors-center_Montreal-Quebec.html
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This house built around 1800 on land granted in 1658 to Lambert Closse by Paul de Chomedey Sieur de Maisonneuve, was restored and converted into an art center in 1964 by the Safeguard Life Ass. Co.
French:
Cette maison, bâtie vers …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JUD_jeanne-mance_Montreal-Quebec.html
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On this site, Jeanne Mance founded the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, one of the oldest hospitals in the country. She arrived in Ville-Marie with Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve in 1642, and remained the only nurse there until 1659, wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H2Z_robert-cavelier-de-la-salle_Montreal-Quebec.html
FrenchFonda Lachine, 1667 Rebatit le Fort Frontenac, 1675. Pionnier de la navigation sur les Grands Lacs. Ses explorations permirent ? la France d'?tendre son domaine jusqu'? l'embouchure du MississippiEnglishFounded Lachine, 1667, rebuilt Fort Fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DYK_chateau-de-vaudreuil_Montreal-Quebec.html
Ici s'élevait - Here stood
le Château de - the Château
Vaudreuil - de Vaudreuil
Construit en 1723 - Built in 1723,
occupé de le - occupied by the
College de - College of
Montréal de - Montreal from
1773 en 1803. - 177…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DWZ_le-jardin-botanique-de-montreal-the-montreal-botanical-gardens_Montreal-Quebec.html
Fondé en 1931, ce jardin est l'œuvre du frère Marie-Victorin, botaniste de grand renom qui a amorcé et mené projet d'envergure, et de Henry Teuscher, architecte paysagiste qui en a conçu l'aménagement. La beaut&eacut…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DVK_le-marche-bonsecours-bonsecours-market_Montreal-Quebec.html
Entrepris en 1844 par l'architecte William Footner, cet imposant édifice, d'inspiration néoclassique, rappelle l'accession de Montréal au rang de métropole. Complete par George Brown en 1860, il a servi d'hôtel de vill…