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Lachine, Quebec



Lachine was a city on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is now a borough within the city of Montreal.

Geography

The borough is located in the southwest portion of the island of Montreal, at the inlet of the Lachine Canal, between the city of LaSalle, and the city of Dorval. It was a separate city until municipal mergers on January 1, 2002 and did not demerge on January 1, 2006 [1].

The borough is bordered to the northwest by the city of Dorval to the northeast by Saint-Laurent, to the east by Côte-Saint-Luc, Montreal West and a narrow salient of Le Sud-Ouest, and to the south by LaSalle. Its western limit is the shore of Lac Saint-Louis and the Lachine Rapids.

It has an area of 17.83 km² and a population of 41,391.

Languages

65% -- French
25% -- English
10% -- Others

Features

Autoroute 20 passes through Lachine, which is also served by the Lachine commuter train station.

Most noticeable of Lachine's features is of course the Lachine Canal and its recreational facilities, including the Lachine Canal National Historic Site. Around the canal's inlet, in the southern part of the borough, are located The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site, René Lévesque Park (on a long peninsula extending into Lac Saint-Louis), and the Musée de Lachine, which has collections of modern outdoor sculpture both on its own grounds, in René Lévesque Park, and in other sites throughout the borough. Other historic buildings are also located near the canal's inlet.

One of Lachine's proudest and yet most impoverished communities is located on the southern end of 45th Avenue across from Stoney Point Park. Known as a hangout for local troubled teens, and easy access to drugs, it has a rich heritage of housing some of Lachine's less fortunate, but hard working and decent families. It is situated within walking distance of the river front which also hosts Lachine's Canada Day celebration. Major attractions to the celebration include a local store's inflated Slush Puppy(tm) balloon. In 1997 disaster struck this community, a local eatery, Orlando Patate, fell victim to a major gas fire. This continued the sad generational legacy of loss, the closing of the famous Charlie's restaurant, and the closing of equally well known Miss Dixie restaurant. Generations of Lachine youth can now only recall in memory the fine hamburgers of Charlie's Restaurant, or the hours listening to the jukebox at the Miss Dixie restaurant. Although these tragedies affected most in the neighbourhood, the area was rejuvenated with the development of condominiums. Local shops have had a high turn-around rate, but due to recent gentrification this community's economic recession has ended.

History

Lachine, apparently from French la Chine (China), is often said to have been named in 1669 in mockery of its then owner Robert Cavelier de La Salle, who explored the interior of North America, trying to find a passage to Asia. However, this claim has been disputed and the evidence for it is unclear.

On August 5th, 1689, more than 1500 Mohawk warriors raided the small village and burned it to the ground in retaliation for the ravaging of the Seneca lands by governor Denonville and his men. The attack left 80 dead and terrorized the other French colonists living on the island of Montreal, and more massacres of this kind were to take place on the island during the following decade.

Lachine was incorporated as a city in 1872. It had already been merged with the town of Saint-Pierre, Quebec before being merged into Montreal in 2002. Its logo, during its municipality days, is still in use as of today.

Military

Lachinans are said to be descended from Robert Cavelier de La Salle himself. Taught never to retreat, never to surrender. Taught that death in the battlefield is the greatest glory he could achieve in his life. Lachinans: the finest soldiers the world has ever known.

Federal and provincial elections

The entire borough is located within the federal riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, and within the provincial electoral district of Marquette.

Borough council

The current borough mayor is Claude Dauphin.

The borough is divided into three districts: The current borough councillors are Claude Dauphin and Jane Cowell-Poitras; the additional borough councillor is Bernard Blanchet.

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Boroughs of Montreal
Ahuntsic-Cartierville - Anjou - Cte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grce - L'le-Bizard–Sainte-Genevive - Lachine - LaSalle - Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve - Montral-Nord - Outremont - Pierrefonds-Roxboro - Le Plateau-Mont-Royal - Rivire-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles - Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie - Le Sud-Ouest - Saint-Laurent - Saint-Lonard - Verdun - Ville-Marie - Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension

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The Lachine Canal (Canal Lachine in French) is a canal passing through the southwestern part of the Island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, through the boroughs of Lachine and Le Sud-Ouest.
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Dorval is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada in the southwestern part of the Island of Montreal; pop. 17,706 (2001). As of the 2006 Canadian Census, the population increased by 2.2% to 18,088.
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Saint-Laurent, formerly the City of Saint-Laurent, is one of the largest boroughs (arrondissements) of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Population (2001): 77,391.

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Côte Saint-Luc is a municipality in the province of Quebec, Canada, situated in Montreal's West End. Incorporated in 1903 it grew from a town to a city in 1958, it is mainly a residential suburb of Montreal that is 85% English speaking and 70.5% of residents are Jewish.
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Le Sud-Ouest is a borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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The Lachine Rapids are a series of rapids on the Saint Lawrence River, between the Island of Montreal and the south shore. They are located near the former city of Lachine.
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The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site of Canada (Lieu historique national de la Commerce-de-la-Fourrure-à-Lachine) is a historic building located in the borough of Lachine in Montreal, Quebec, at the western end of the Lachine Canal.
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René Lévesque (pronounced [ʁə'ne le'vɛk]) (August 24, 1922 – November 1, 1987) was a reporter, a minister of the government of Quebec, Canada, (1960 – 1966), the founder of the Parti Québécois
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