The Montreal Heritage Calendar

Day by day. Have fun discovering the many attractions in and around Montreal.
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August 17, 2008

A Great Passion for Small Trains

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Model train layouts built by railway modellers.

  • Schedule : 10 a.m.
  • Target audience : General public
  • Price : contact organizer
  • Type of visit : On foot 
  • Also on August 17.

A Heritage in Health to Discover

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600 objects from the collection of the Hospitallers of St.Joseph, of Hôtel-Dieu, relate a history forever entwined with that of Montreal.

Guided tours are available for groups and students from grade schools to universities.

The Musée des Hospitalières de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, inaugurated in 1992, commemorates the 350th anniversary of the foundation of Montreal.

Photo : Gilbert Langlois

A not-so-distant industrial past in Saint-Henri

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Once a village of tanners, then an important industrial centre, Saint-Henri is now undergoing a major transformation. Montreal’s south-west has a whole new look!

All tours are two hours long and are conducted - in both French and English – regardless of the weather. Tickets go on sale at the departure point fifteen minutes before the designated time. No reservations are accepted.

  • Length : 2 h
  • Schedule : 2 p.m.
  • Price : $10 / $14
  • Leaving from : Corner Saint-Ferdinand and Saint-Jacques
  • Metro : Place-Saint-Henri
  • Type of visit : On foot 
  • Also on August 17 and September 13.

Photo : Héritage Montréal

A stroll through time...to discover the Lachine Canal (Tour of the Saint-Gabriel locks)

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Discover a historic landscape unique in Montréal. Historic locks, industrial heritage, contemporary revitalization: this one site summarizes the entire history of the canal.

Reservations accepted at 514-283-6054.

  • Length : 1 h
  • Schedule : 1 p.m.
  • Target audience : General public (12 years old and up)
  • Price : $2
  • Leaving from : office of the Saint-Gabriel lock (Des Seigneurs Street, between Notre-Dame St. and Saint-Patrick St.)
  • Bus : 57
  • Type of visit : On foot 
  • Also on August 17, August 22, August 23, August 24, August 29, August 30 and August 31.

A stroll through time… to discover the Lachine Canal Tour of the Lachine Lockstation

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The tour of the Lachine lockstation focuses on the contruction and the widening of the canal.

Casting off... to discover the Lachine Canal (Heritage boat tour)

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Boat tour, games and songs for children and their parents: an entertaining way to learn a little while having fun.

  • Length : 1 h
  • Schedule : 10:30 a.m.
  • Target audience : General Public
  • Price : $7 / $12
  • Leaving from : Atwater Market dock
  • Metro : Lionel-Groulx
  • Type of visit : By boat 
  • Also on August 17, August 23 and August 24.

Casting off... to discover the Lachine Canal (Heritage boat tour)

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Join us aboard the Navark Dollier-de-Casson for a cruise along the Lachine Canal. Transit the locks, enjoy stunning views of the downtown area, and relive the history of the canal.

Schedule:  June 24 to September 3, 2007 - departures every day at 1:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. September 8 to October 13, 2007 - Saturday, Sunday and holidays, departures at 1:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Reservations accepted at 514-283-6054.

Discover Old Montreal on foot: The official walking tour

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A walking tour full of information on history and architecture, and many anecdotes revealing the secrets of Old Montreal from yesterday to today!

Itinerary: From Place d'Armes to Place Jacques-Cartier, including the Royal Bank, Notre-Dame Basilica, Cours Le Royer, Rue Saint-Jacques, Rue Notre-Dame, Rue Saint-Paul, City Hall, the Champ de Mars, and the old Bonsecours Market. (Adults : $ 17.50  -  Seniors & Students : $ 15.50 - Children (6-12 years) : $ 8.50)

Discovery Tours

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Two original visits that will have you follow in the footsteps of Marguerite Bourgeoys to get to know her better or tour the archaelogical site of  Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel

Fort Chambly Puts On Its Sunday Best: New France Militias

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Travel back in time and rub shoulders with an assembly of men, women and children attired in period costume, who recreate the daily lives of militiamen and habitants during the French regime.

Fort Chambly Puts on Its Sunday Best every Sunday during July and August! What a great chance to meet craftspeople and characters who will show you what life was like in the New France era. (Adult : 5.65 $; Child (6 to 16) : 2.90 $; Senior : 4.90 $; Family : 14.20 $; Under the age of 5 : Free) Visit of the fort included. nce era.

  • Schedule : 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Price : $0 / $14.20
  • Type of visit : Other 
  • Also on August 17.

Guided walking tours of Pointe-Claire Village

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The visit includes the windmill, built in 1709, and the Neo-Gothic Saint-Joachim Church. The history of the first settlers will be told and the heritage houses will be described.

Historical Walking Tour of Mount Royal Cemetery: "Women and their Era"

» in collaboration with Friends of the Mount Royal Cemetery

From Fur Traders' wives to Victorian ladies to first university graduates. Led in English by Myriam Cloutier, Director of Heritage Programs at Mount Royal Cemetery

  • Length : 2 h
  • Schedule : 1 p.m.
  • Target audience : General public
  • Price : Free
  • Leaving from : Main entrance of Mount Royal Cemetery (1297, Chemin de la Forêt, Outremont)
  • Metro : Mont-Royal
  • Bus : 11
  • Type of visit : On foot 
  • Also on August 17.

Lachine Archaeo-Trek (guided tour by foot and aboard a « rabaska » canoe)

» in collaboration with Pôle des Rapides; Musée de Lachine

Visitors can climb aboard a rabaska canoe in the company of an archaeologist and a heritage interpreter. The archaeological wealth of four of Lachine’s heritage sites are discovered.

Guided tour by foot and aboard a « rabaska » canoe.

La Fête des Enfants

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Admission is free during the weekend of Fête des Enfants at Jean Drapeau Park. Traditional games, demonstrations and pie contest prepared by the Habitants du Fort.

Activities are also held on Île Sainte-Hélène

  • Length : 7 h
  • Schedule : 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Target audience : Family
  • Price : Free
  • Metro : Jean-Drapeau
  • Type of visit : On foot 
  • Also on August 17.

Mount Royal Cemetery Annual Art Exhibition : "Shades of Light"

» in collaboration with Friends of the Mount Royal Cemetery

Artists are invited to display their talent at this Art Exhibition with paintings of sceneries of Mount Royal Cemetery as well as other artwork. Prizes will be awarded. 

For more information, please contact Andrew Sarrasin at Mount Royal Cemetery: (514) 279-7358.

  • Length : 8 h
  • Schedule : 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Target audience : General public
  • Price : Free
  • Leaving from : Complexe funéraire Mont-Royal / Mount Royal Funeral Complex (1297, Chemin de la Forêt, Outremont)
  • Metro : Mont-Royal
  • Bus : 11
  • Type of visit : On foot 
  • Also on August 17.

Museum Express

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Get the total railway experience by joining this excursion by train to the Canadian Railway Museum.

  • Schedule : 11 a.m.
  • Target audience : General public
  • Price : contact organizer
  • Leaving from : Lucien-L'Allier train station (Rue De La Gauchetière)
  • Type of visit : Other 
  • Also on August 17 and September 14.

Old Montréal Ghost - Traditional Ghost Walk - East Side

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During the Traditional Ghost Walk, the visitors follow a ghost that unearth the hidden secrets that haunted and still haunt the streets and alleyways of Old Montréal.

The tickets are on sale from 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm the night of the tours. Adults: $19.50 Students: $17.50 Children (under 12): $11.00 Reservations? Highly recommended! (514) 868-0303 / 1 877 868-0303 info@fantommontreal.com / www.fantommontreal.com

The official bike roundabout

» in collaboration with Montréal On Wheels

Bike tour, led by a professional tour guide, starting at the Old Port, La Fontaine Park into the Golden Square Mile's, the downtown, and onto Old Montréal. You may keep your bicycle for the whole day!

Arrival 30 minutes prior to departure. Price : $29 (plus taxes) without the bike rental; $44 (plus taxes) including the bike rental (bicycles are at your disposal until 7:00 pm). Reservations are obligatory as places for bike tour are limited.

Tour of the Exhibit Damoiselle Mance

» in collaboration with The Univers culturel de Saint-Sulpice

The exhibition unveils the life and work of Jeanne Mance (1606-1673) co-founder of Montréal, founder of the Hôtel-Dieu and Canada's first secular nurse.

The exhibition can be visited individually during the museum's opening hours. A guided tour can also be reserved for groups.

Jeanne Mance. Charcoal, attributed to Sister Alexandrine Paré, r.h.s.j., end of XIX century.

Illustration : RHSJM Collection

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