The Parc d'entreprises de la Pointe-Saint-Charles, formerly known as the Montreal Technoparc and Adaport Victoria, is an

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and former industrial dump in the Pointe-Saint-Charles neighbourhood of

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, between the Champlain and Victoria bridges.http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=76d95baa-6189-4060-88c7-2e5e452f95fd — Montreal Gazette article about contamination at the site.

History

The site was formerly marshland adjacent to the

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. It was used as a landfill and dumpsite from 1866 until 1966, and then was paved to serve as a parking lot for

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and was named ''Autoparc Victoria''. Following the Expo, it briefly served as the site of the Victoria STOLport, or ''adaport'' in French.

References

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