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LaSalle

 Under the French regime, the heart of the Parish of Lachine was situated on present-day LaSalle territory. Since that time, the village core has been relocated to form Vieux Lachine and the territory in front of the impetuous rapids was named after the first seigneur at that location: explorer René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle.

27. Cavelier de La Salle

A great French explorer

28. Penniston House

Still standing!

29. Parc des Rapides

A bird sanctuary

30. Lachine rapids

A raging river

31. Scenery admired by famous discoverers

... and many more

32. The hydro-electric dam

A pioneering company: Lachine Rapids Hydraulic and Land Co.

33. The dam and the so-called Bronx district in 1926

The mill according to a drawing by J. Dunford

34. Site of the water mills

The most lucrative mills on the island of Montreal!

35. Ogilvie Manor

A gentleman farmer's house

36. In the heart of Parc de l'Aqueduc

The source of Montréal's drinking water

37. Honoré-Mercier bridge

Engineers in action

38. Maison De Lorimier-Bélanger

A notable family

39. Parc des Saints-Anges and Fort Rémy

or Fort Lachine

40. St. Lawrence bridge

The railway that changed everything

41. LaSalle today

42. A new city hall for LaSalle

A former factory

43. Fleming Mill

Testimony to a bygone era

44. LaSalle Quizzes

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