My Montreal: Lachine & Other Quebec Curios
It is said that the town’s name came from a joke of the explorer La Salle looking for China one fine day in 1669. When he didn’t make it to Asia, the people mocked him [read on]
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My Montreal: L’Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève & Other Quebec Curios
In a tour of the island’s boroughs, T.A. Wellington checks out the one with the oldest golf club in North America.
My Montreal: Hampstead & Other Quebec Curios
Hampstead, founded in 1914, is generally considered as one of the richer parts of Montreal, as many wealthy citizens call this independent municipality home. In 2011, just a [read on]
My Montreal: Dorval & Other Quebec Curios
On our next stop in our exploration of places in Montreal, we arrive at Dorval, another West Island region.
My Montreal: Beaconsfield & Other Quebec Curios
Beaconsfield, not to be confused with the British version, is part of the “West Island” comprised of mostly English speaking Montrealers. A quasi-independent municipality [read on]
My Montreal: Anjou & Other Quebec Curios
Historically once the land of farmers and other agricultural workers. Anjou evolved in the 1950s to a more urban culture, and in 1956, Anjou separated from a fellow parish to [read on]
My Montreal: Ahuntsic-Cartierville & Other Quebec Curios
Quebec Curios explores the first in a series of Montreal’s boroughs and municipalities with Ahuntsic-Cartierville, home to one of the oldest settlements on the island.
Montreal Merger Madness & Other Quebec Curios
A new series in Quebec Curios, we discover various boroughs and municipalities in Montreal.
The Americans Tried to Conquer Quebec Again & Other Quebec Curios
In a celebration of Canada and Canada Day, Quebec Curios explores the War of 1812 and the Battle of Chateauguay, one of two battles that would ensure initial British victory.
Musings on the Day of Fête Nationale & Other Quebec Curios
“Gens du pays, c’est votre tour De vous laisser parler d’amour.“ (Gilles Vigneault and Gaston Rochon, “Gens du pays”) Anglos and religious [read on]
The Notre Dame Rip-off & Other Quebec Curios
Each day at each beginning of the hour, a crowd gathers at Basilique Notre Dame to hear the bells ring. The crowd stands, transfixed with wonder as the carillon bells chime, [read on]
The Château Ramezay Has a Gift Shop & Other Quebec Curios
This week, continuing to explore Old Montreal landmarks, we examine the Château Ramezay, built in 1705.
No Appeals Without Laws & Other Quebec Curios
A continuing series about landmarks in Old Montreal, we explore the Quebec Court of Appeals building.
The Eighteen Floors of Justice & Other Quebec Curios
Looking at the Palais de justice of Montreal and the courts it houses.
The Place with John Molson Business School & Other Quebec Curios
Concordia University is somewhat unique in its classification among the universities in Quebec: unlike Laval, Montreal, and McGill, Concordia is more of a comprehensive [read on]
Invasion of the Body-Snatching Quebec Universities & Other Quebec Curios
On our next stop in this survey of Quebec higher education, we take a look at the Université du Québec (1968), a chain of universities founded a little bit everywhere.
Not Just Another French Catholic University & Other Quebec Curios
For a time, the hegemony of education in the Eastern Townships was located in Lennoxville, that is, Bishop’s University. But then along came the Université de Sherbrooke. [read on]
The Oxford on the Massawippi & Other Quebec Curios
Bishop’s University is a primarily undergraduate university founded, as the name suggests, by a Bishop. Bishop George Jehoshaphat Mountain founded the college in 1843, and [read on]
The University on the Other Side of the Hill & Other Quebec Curios
The Université de Montréal is the same and yet different from the three universities we have already seen: where Laval is in Quebec City, it is in Montreal; where McGill is [read on]
Land Grants for McGill & Other Quebec Curios
An ongoing series about the history of Quebec universities. This week: McGill University (founded 1821).