LESSON 9- Sault au Récollet Flashcards
What do we say about Sault au Recollet?
That it’s frozen in time
who lives in the SAR?
retired people
at first, the SAR was used as a:
mission for aboriginals
SAR was created by who and when?
by the french, when they came after the leaving of the mission
SAR has the first what in montreal?
industrial center (beginning of industry)
city of laval was previously known as?
L’ile Jesus (was owned by jesuite priest)
when was the bridge of pont viau built?
1847
the first pont viau was built how?
wooden, and then it fell apart
in 1912, the pont viau was …?
sold to montreal, before it was private
1929, the bridge was rebuilt in which material?
concrete
which company built the bridge (pont viau)?
Dufresne company
which structure of pont viau is still standing today?
the 1929 one (concrete)
which bridge is before the ile de la visitation?
previously known as papineau leblanc, used to be the longest cable state in NA (2 piers, no blocking of the ice)
what is interesting about Sophie Barat school?
used to be girls only, private, elite, protected by a wall to keep the boys out (now public)
what is interesting about large scale private properties like Sophie Barat or Soeurs de l’immaculee conception?
they saved the shore (access to the shore), no wall-you can still feel the relation between the river and the environment
with the construction of pont viau, what happens that is phenomenal?
the landing of any bridge, there are people gathering (network, hub). little villages get created at the foot of bridge
one of the first parishes at the foot of pont viau was?
saint nicholas de ahuntsic (1940)
Saint Nicolas church was built when and by who?
1949-51 by Yves Belanger
with immigration, we have a new phenomena with the churches:
the catholic churches are being sold to other religions as temples (Saint Nicolas— antiochian orthodox)
Sainte Madeleine Sophie church was designed by who?
Edgar Courchesne, 1949
Edgar Courchesne was a very important architect in which movement?
Dom Bellot (no more past, we have to be of our time)
why is the parc on Gouin there?
because it used to be a river and now it is under the level of the water of the riviere des prairies
why was the joseph david house built in stone with a fire wall?
to seem more important, answering regulations for houses built inside montreal, FOR SOCIAL REASONS
when the sulpicion took over this island, one of their main goals was to:
attract the 1st nations here, and created the mission de la montagne
where did the mission du fort lorette move?
to oka
the last rapid on riviere des prairies is called?
(sault au recollet)
what is the oldest standing church in mtl?
la visitation de la bienheureuse vierge marie
why is there no cross in the visitation de la bienheureuse vierge marie church?
because the plan of this building reflects the memories of the people of recollet who were there earlier in history (series of 2 rectangles instead of cross)- there is no dead spot
school used to always be built beside what?
churches (until the 1960s)
sault au recollet is atypical because?
the mills were established before the church
apart from houses for middle and upper class ppl, what else is there in sault au recollet?
baker, doctor, pacquet general store, all the services
what family was special in the sault au recollet village?
the persillier lachapelle family, because they were business people (not farmers)- responsible for building of many bridges, even pont-viau! they built and operated mills and things
what are the characteristics of the pascal persillier lachapelle house?
big, strange, around 1830, at the corner of the mill street and boul gouin, stone, 2 story high— strange for french canadian, georgian mansion, wants to immitate the anglophone elite of the period, there was a huge gallery around
what else was made in sault au recollet, like side industry?
cider
