General Archives | The mills of Île de la Visitation at the Sault-au-Récollet: Celebrating 300 years of history in 2026!

The Mémoires d’Ahuntsic anthem — Official video courtesy of the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough

The anthem Mémoires d’Ahuntsic for the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough was composed for Montreal’s 375th anniversary celebration, as a gift from Concerts Ahuntsic en fugue. The anthem’s lyrics are by […]

First performance of the Mémoires d’Ahuntsic anthem

On August 25, 2017, the Sept stations musicales des berges concert proposed an evening music tour of the Maurice-Richard and Basile-Routhier parks bordering the new Parcours Gouin visitor […]

The commemorative structures and vestiges of the mills, spring 2022

View from the vestiges of the old installations, as seen from Du Pont Street looking toward the belvedere on the river.

Two turbines removed from the dike

Two turbines getting removed from the dike with a crawler excavator during development work on the Mills site.

The Sault-au-Récollet conservation society

Poster published in 1977 detailing the multiple concerns of the Sault-au-Récollet conservation society.

Paper pulp mixer

Mixer that makes pulp out of textile fibres. This pulp was used to make sheets of paperboard. Photograph dated 1942.

Women working in wartime

Women working at the Back River Power Company take part in the war effort by preparing cardboard packaging for ammunition that will be shipped to the European front […]

Tennis on ice near the La Visitation school

Racket in hand and wearing skates, Joseph Danis and three other players are playing a doubles game of tennis in the middle of February. A net has been […]

Alphonse Mérineau, his daughter Georgette and son Alfred

Alphonse Mérineau, his daughter Georgette, born in 1921, and his son Alfred on the porch of their home on Du Pressoir Street, May 15, 1925.

The cutting and storing of ice

On the left: workers at the ice house in 1939. On the right, ice cutting becomes mechanized over time.

Sault-au-Récollet and Des Prairies River hydroelectric power plant in 1963

Aerial view of Sault-au-Récollet and the Des Prairies River hydroelectric power plant, July 7, 1963.

La Visitation Island and the Des Prairies River hydroelectric power plant in 1947

Aerial view of La Visitation Island and the Des Prairies River hydroelectric power plant in 1947. The mills are on the left, between the islands of Montreal and La Visitation. The […]