Saint-Enfant-Jésus Church at the centre of Lahaie Park is a neighborhood landmark, the first and largest place of worship in Mile End. The church is exceptional for its architecture unique in Québec and for the architects and artists who designed and decorated it. It stimulated and accompanied the urbanization of the countryside just north of Montréal during the 19th century, demonstrating the fundamental role of the Catholic Church in French-Canadian society. This tour will show how this remarkable building is the result of a series of major interventions over a period of a century and a half, and how it participates in the urban project of Mile End.
Tour led by Nathalie Tremblay and Justin Bur, board members of The Main and Mile End Memories
[postcard, ca. 1910 / BAnQ, collection Pierre Monette]
