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And more Rock!

This quarry was opened by Napoléon Lagacé in 1929. At the time, it was called La Carrière Lagacé Ltée. It produced crushed and foundation stone. In 1943, its […]

Rock

For more than a century, quarries were a driving force of the Île Jésus economy. Even the Saint-Vincent-de-Paul penitentiary had a quarry. However, the cut stone extracted there […]

Do we have Vegetables? You bet!

If there’s one economic activity that has been transformed over the years, it’s agriculture. Laval farms have gone from subsistence to specialization in large-scale farming. In order to […]

A Major Project

The arrival of shopping centres was a game changer in the 1960s. One of the largest projects was Carrefour Laval. Its construction was announced on February 27, 1969, by […]

A Variety of Services

Neighbourhood businesses sometimes offered an unusual combination of services, as can be seen here. A taxi service, a restaurant, a hairdressing salon and a drugstore were all housed […]

Only the Best!

Neighbourhood businesses had to diversify to serve their customers. J. O. Labelle ran a grocery store and a restaurant at the same address.

Everything!

The Ouimet sisters ran a general store in the village of Sainte-Rose for many years. You could find a little bit of everything there: fabric, perfume, dolls, flowers, […]

That’s What I Call Service!

Already in 1910, hotel owners were joining forces to welcome and transport tourists coming from the big city! Hôtel Cyr had its own means of transportation to shuttle […]

A Wonderful Memory

The wooden Plessis Bélair Bridge was built in 1854. It connected Sainte-Rose to Bélair Island, in Rosemère. It was a toll bridge. In the early 19th century, vacationers […]

Watch your Wake!

The well-known ferry at Sigouin was located in Saint-Vincent de Paul and travelled between the eastern end of Île Jésus and the village of Sault-au-Récollet on the Island […]

Hard Labour

For most of the year, lumberjacks worked as farmers or hunters or practised another trade. In winter, they went out to the logging camps (shanties) to supplement their […]