Sault-au-Récollet (English:
Recollet Rapids) is a neighbourhood in
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...
. It is located in the eastern edge of the borough of
Ahuntsic-Cartierville, bordering the
Rivière des Prairies
The Rivière des Prairies (; ), called the Back River in English, is a delta channel of the Ottawa River in southwestern Quebec, Canada. The Kanien'kehá:ka called it ''Skowanoti'', meaning "River behind the island". The river separates the citi ...
.
Autoroute 19 connects Sault-au-Récollet to
Laval. The neighbourhood was designated as a heritage site by the City of Montreal in 1992.
The
Church of the Visitation
The Church of the Visitation (formerly ''Abbey Church of St John in the Woods'') is a Catholic church in Ein Karem, Jerusalem, and honors the visit paid by the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus, to Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist (). T ...
at Sault-au-Récollet is the oldest church on the
Island of Montreal and was built between 1749 and 1752. The
streetcar suburb was annexed by Montreal to from the former borough of Ahuntsic-Bordeaux in 1918. A housing boom, mostly made up of multiplexes, followed in the 1940s and 1950s.
Fort Lorette
The Sulpician missionaries had been operating a mission to the indigenous peoples of the area at
Fort de la Montagne for about 20 years when they decided to move to Sault-au-Récollet. Part of this decision was due an increase in brandy trade and exposure to alcoholism, and part was to move the fort to a more easily defended section of the island.
In 1696, a flock of 210 Algonquins was moved to Fort Lorette under the guidance of
Fr Robert Gay.
Gallery
File:MoulinsSault-au-Recollet.jpg, In 1726
File:Sault-au Recollet.jpg, 1890
File:Asphalte Sault-au-Recollet 1930.jpg, 1930
File:Fort de la Nouvelle-Lorette.png, An illustration of Fort de la Nouvelle-Lorette in 1672
See also
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Île de la Visitation
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Papineau-Leblanc Bridge
The Papineau-Leblanc Bridge was one of the first cable-stayed spans in North America. It is part of Quebec Autoroute 19 and is one of the connections between Laval and Montreal, Quebec, Canada, spanning Rivière des Prairies. It was fabricated fr ...
References
Neighbourhoods in Montreal
Ahuntsic-Cartierville
Heritage sites in Quebec (Cultural Heritage Act)
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