Road Archives | The rivers of Prairies and Mille Iles: regional development

Where the Rivers Meet

“Laval is as much about the water that surrounds it as the land within its boundaries”. That is how our beautiful island is described by the city in […]

Hello, North!

In the late 1950s, a huge road construction project got under way. Quebec’s first highway connected the heart of the Laurentians, Sainte-Agathe, with downtown Montreal. The artery cut […]

Now, That’s What You Call Solid!

In 1849, the Bellefeuille family gave residents of Île Jésus and Saint-Eustache a new option to get from one shore to the other. Instead of the old ferry, […]

Slowly, Please!

After the Porteous Bridge was destroyed, a new wooden bridge was built in 1854. The Plessis-Bélair Bridge was named in honour of the family that came to own […]

An Old Technology That Lasted

With our modern views of transportation, it is hard to imagine that crossing a river could cost money. Until the second half of the 20th century, bridges and […]

Laval from Above!

Living on an island meant that the residents had to find ways to get around and do business with the people living nearby. As of the middle of […]