CNHS - Événement historique national des Rapides de Lachine
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Événement historique national des Rapides de Lachine / Lachine Rapids National Historic Event
Waymark Code: WMM766
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 08/03/2014
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Adresse : 1800, boulevard Saint-Joseph, Lachine, Québec
Loi habilitante : Loi sur les lieux et monuments historiques (L.R.C. (1985), ch. H-4)
Date de désignation : 19/11/1982
Autre nom(s):
Rapides de Lachine (Nom de la désignation)
Importance: Obstacle qui a contribué au développement économique et industriel de Montréal
Plaques
Plaque existante: Hôtel de ville1800, boulevard Saint-Joseph, Lachine, Québec
Cette barrière naturelle, sur la voie de pénétration du continent, s'avéra décisive dans l'établissement de Montréal comme centre d'échange, de production et de distribution. Ici, les eaux du fleuve s'engouffrent dans un étroit goulot encombré d'îlots et de rochers qui a longtemps fait obstacle au transport maritime vers l'Ouest. Les gens et les marchandises devaient voyager par terre entre Montréal et Lachine; en sens inverse, on se risquait à sauter les rapides. Ce n'est qu'avec l'ouverture du canal Lachine en 1825 que l'intérieur du continent fut relié à l'Est par une voie navigable.
Address : 1800 Saint-Joseph Boulevard, Lachine, Quebec
Recognition Statute: Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date: 19/11/1982
Other Name(s):
Lachine Rapids (Designation Name)
Importance: Obstacle led to economic and industrial development of Montréal
Plaque(s)
Existing plaque: City Hall1800 Saint-Joseph Boulevard, Lachine, Quebec
This natural obstacle on the main route into the continent played a decisive role in the establishment and the development of Montréal as a major centre of trade, production and distribution. Here the river rushes through a narrow channel strewn with boulders and small islets. For travellers going inland, the rapids were a major impediment to transportation on the St. Lawrence. Both travellers and goods had to pass overland from Montréal to Lachine; descending the river, they could risk shooting the rapids. It was not until the opening of the Lachine Canal in 1825 that a navigable route to the interior was developed.
Classification: National Historic Site
Province or Territory: Quebec
Location - City name/Town name: 1800, boulevard Saint-Joseph, Lachine, Québec
Link to Parks Canada entry (must be on www.pc.gc.ca): [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca: Not listed
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