Cadets gathered in the schoolyard of the Saint-François d’Assise School, 1942
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Atelier d’histoire Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
The Saint-François-d’Assise School at the corner of La Fontaine and Saint-Just streets taught the boys of Longue-Pointe. Its construction became necessary due to the town’s population growth of the 1920s.