ARTH 298 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Saint Lawrence River, Wilhelm Leber, Honoré Mercier
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Answer to the problem of the canal lachine that blocked the st-lawrence river. need humans to make the portage, Also has the canal lachine, there is also an old lachine rom the 17th ce which is no longer in. For ex, laprarie has been moved several times. The bridge crosses the saint lawrence river connecting the montreal borough of lasalle on the. Island of montreal with the suburb of chateauguay on the south shore of the saint lawrence. Lasalle) shore of st-lawrence, was a place that during the hot summers would leave city for their cottage. To get to lachine was an expedition, -many summer homes. 1676, monseighneur de laval, created a parish, idea was to give a certain kind of center for the future colonist. Created a fort, sinece in 17th ce there were a lot of problem with the mohawks coming form the. The first church was i nwood, then in 1701, decided to built a stone church.