ARTH 298 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Dame Street, Old Montreal, Great Lakes
11 Feb 2017
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1535 jacques cartier is going up the river to see an important tribe in hochlega. Exteme end of the island of mtl where the st-lawrence, and la rivieres de prarie (from ottawa), rivieres de mille iles (from ottawa), and riviere d"assomption all meet. Legend has it when they arrived at the water intersection they went right and names it rivieres de prarie. Ouest links mtl to qc with 40 highway. Network of rivers, discovered the main current which is st-lawrence. Middle of municipal park, build around 1750, by antoine beaudry. Is a farm, originally the road was passing through the house and st-lawrence. There was a landslide, which meant that the entrance had to be changed onto the other side. Acquired by city of mtl and restored in late 19, early 20 century. The core of the house is still from 1750. Saint-enfant-j sus-de-la-pointe-aux-trembles church from 1705 in old village in point aux tremble.
