linguistics

My Montreal: Westmount & Other Quebec Curios

November 12, 2015 // 0 Comments

View of Greene Steet in Westmount. Photo credit: Gene.arboit/Wikimedia Comons.

Back in the day (as in the 1700s), it was known as as a little town named Cote St. Antoine. Then, in 1895, it was renamed Westmount. Chartered to become a city at the turn of [read on]

My Montreal: Ville-Marie & Other Quebec Curios

November 5, 2015 // 0 Comments

View of downtown Montreal from McGill College. Credit: Greg Patterson/Wikimedia Commons.

The heart of the Island, the borough of Ville-Marie goes back to 1642, when some of the first colonists came to populate the land and convert the natives. Founded by Paul de [read on]

My Montreal: Le Sud-Ouest & Other Quebec Curios

November 1, 2015 // 0 Comments

Interior of the Atwater Market, one of the many things located around le Sud-Ouest's area. Credit: Anna Frodesiak/Wikimedia Commons.

Like all the places covered in our My Montreal series, Le Sud-Ouest has an important place in the history of Montreal. Its story is particularly interesting: composed of [read on]

My Montreal: Saint-Laurent & Other Quebec Curios

October 22, 2015 // 0 Comments

Air Canada headquarters, located in Saint-Laurent. Photo credit: Caribb/Flickr

Saint-Laurent has its origins in the late 1600s, with the start of land development after the death of colonist Jean Descaries. He gave the land to his three sons, Paul, [read on]