Montréal-Nord

Montréal-Nord · 60 photographs · 1947–1975

On Boulevard Gouin, a farmhouse built in 1770 now presents exhibitions and performances, both indoors and outside. Maison Brignon-Dit-Lapierre and Maison Drouin-Xénos belong to the older rural homes along this stretch of waterfront. The Brignon dit Lapierre family’s agricultural history includes land Luc acquired at Sault-au-Récollet in 1814 and later transferred to his son Pierre in return for accommodation and a share of the harvest. At Avenue L’Archevêque, a ferry connected the village centre with Saint-Vincent-de-Paul on the opposite bank.

A secondary school, Place Bourassa and an industrial district subsequently accompanied the urban development of the rural territory. Opened in February 1970, the library now named Yves-Ryan was Québec’s first automated library. It houses the Société d’histoire et de généalogie de Montréal-Nord, which researches, preserves and shares local and family history. At the intersection of Henri-Bourassa and Pie-IX boulevards, BGL’s public artwork La vélocité des lieux arranges a procession of buses in an elevated roundabout.