LESSON 9- Sault au Récollet

Question 1

What do we say about Sault au Recollet?

Answer 1

That it’s frozen in time

Question 2

who lives in the SAR?

Answer 2

retired people

Question 3

at first, the SAR was used as a:

Answer 3

mission for aboriginals

Question 4

SAR was created by who and when?

Answer 4

by the french, when they came after the leaving of the mission

Question 5

SAR has the first what in montreal?

Answer 5

industrial center (beginning of industry)

Question 6

city of laval was previously known as?

Answer 6

L’ile Jesus (was owned by jesuite priest)

Question 7

when was the bridge of pont viau built?

Answer 7

1847

Question 8

the first pont viau was built how?

Answer 8

wooden, and then it fell apart

Question 9

in 1912, the pont viau was …?

Answer 9

sold to montreal, before it was private

Question 10

1929, the bridge was rebuilt in which material?

Answer 10

concrete

Question 11

which company built the bridge (pont viau)?

Answer 11

Dufresne company

Question 12

which structure of pont viau is still standing today?

Answer 12

the 1929 one (concrete)

Question 13

which bridge is before the ile de la visitation?

Answer 13

previously known as papineau leblanc, used to be the longest cable state in NA (2 piers, no blocking of the ice)

Question 14

what is interesting about Sophie Barat school?

Answer 14

used to be girls only, private, elite, protected by a wall to keep the boys out (now public)

Question 15

what is interesting about large scale private properties like Sophie Barat or Soeurs de l’immaculee conception?

Answer 15

they saved the shore (access to the shore), no wall-you can still feel the relation between the river and the environment

Question 16

with the construction of pont viau, what happens that is phenomenal?

Answer 16

the landing of any bridge, there are people gathering (network, hub). little villages get created at the foot of bridge

Question 17

one of the first parishes at the foot of pont viau was?

Answer 17

saint nicholas de ahuntsic (1940)

Question 18

Saint Nicolas church was built when and by who?

Answer 18

1949-51 by Yves Belanger

Question 19

with immigration, we have a new phenomena with the churches:

Answer 19

the catholic churches are being sold to other religions as temples (Saint Nicolas— antiochian orthodox)

Question 20

Sainte Madeleine Sophie church was designed by who?

Answer 20

Edgar Courchesne, 1949

Question 21

Edgar Courchesne was a very important architect in which movement?

Answer 21

Dom Bellot (no more past, we have to be of our time)

Question 22

why is the parc on Gouin there?

Answer 22

because it used to be a river and now it is under the level of the water of the riviere des prairies

Question 23

why was the joseph david house built in stone with a fire wall?

Answer 23

to seem more important, answering regulations for houses built inside montreal, FOR SOCIAL REASONS

Question 24

when the sulpicion took over this island, one of their main goals was to:

Answer 24

attract the 1st nations here, and created the mission de la montagne

Question 25

where did the mission du fort lorette move?

Answer 25

to oka

Question 26

the last rapid on riviere des prairies is called?

Answer 26

(sault au recollet)

Question 27

what is the oldest standing church in mtl?

Answer 27

la visitation de la bienheureuse vierge marie

Question 28

why is there no cross in the visitation de la bienheureuse vierge marie church?

Answer 28

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

Question 29

school used to always be built beside what?

Answer 29

churches (until the 1960s)

Question 30

sault au recollet is atypical because?

Answer 30

the mills were established before the church

Question 31

apart from houses for middle and upper class ppl, what else is there in sault au recollet?

Answer 31

baker, doctor, pacquet general store, all the services

Question 32

what family was special in the sault au recollet village?

Answer 32

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

Question 33

what are the characteristics of the pascal persillier lachapelle house?

Answer 33

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

Question 34

what else was made in sault au recollet, like side industry?

Answer 34

cider