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1846–1878
The Mile End Tavern was an inn and tavern in operation from the beginning of the 19th century until the turn of the 20th century. Located on the northwest corner of the crossroads of the Saint-Laurent Road with the Tannery and Sainte-Catherine Roads – now Mont-Royal Avenue – it was the […]
The Mile End Tavern
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(Français) Institution des Sourds-Muets
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(Français) Église Saint-Enfant-Jésus
The 1880-1910 period begins the decisive transformation of the Mile End: villas, farms, and residences of craftsmen living near their place of work gave way to a new town. The village received town status in 1895, and became a district of Montreal on January 1, 1910. In 1881, three years […]
Chapter 5, The villages of the Plateau and the Villeneuve ...
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(Français) L’identité historique du Plateau
We saw in the previous chapter that the Beaubien family contributed to the creation of a cluster of institutions around Saint-Enfant-Jésus church to allow the development of a village community in a previously almost uninhabited area. Building a railway station less than a kilometre away was the other major part […]
4.3 The Beaubien Family and the Mile End Train Station
Read the first part: Pierre Beaubien, Doctor and Landlord Second Part: A parish in the middle of nowhere The Institution for the Deaf became the first establishment in what was to become the parish centre and a growing village at Mile End. Created in 1848, the Institution was first located […]
4.2: The Beaubien Family and the Mile End Church
Chapter 4 – The Beaubien Family First part: Pierre Beaubien, Doctor and Landlord The map “Villages of Côte St. Louis, St. Louis du Mile End, Outremont and Côte des Neiges”, published in the Hopkins Atlas in1879shows clearly that just to the east of St. Lawrence Road, the Bagg family had […]
4.1: The Beaubien Family
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(Français) Chapitre 3, deuxième partie – Stanley Clark Bagg
Chapter 1: Rural Mile End A magnificent forest? The early days of Mile End are still poorly known. In 1891, the Lovell’s directory published a promotional guide using data from the then recently completed census. In addition to articles on Montreal, the book presented brief portrayals of the outlying villages. […]
1: Rural Mile End
How did this area get the name Mile End? A simple question, not so simple to answer! The question has been asked for decades, not only by local residents but also by various authors. Here are three articles that gradually converge towards an explanation. — The first was written in […]
The origins of Mile End
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Des familles fondatrices du Mile End
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