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A lonely cast-iron column still stands amidst the ruins.
Aerial view of the mills site in 1976. In the centre: the water of the Des Prairies River flows through the dike and abandoned industrial buildings. In the foreground and to the left, the site of the future Île-de-la-Visitation Nature Park. On the right, a row of duplexes.
Left: oil portrait painted in 1764, and presumed representation of Pehr Kalm holding a pinecone in his right hand. Right: Cover of a recent translation of the book Voyage de Pehr Kalm au Canada en 1749.
Old drawing representing the various mills operating in 1839. In front of them, a cross planted on La Visitation Island surrounded by a fence. Behind the mills, the first church with its single bell tower.
A 1744 geographical map describing the Island of Montreal and Île Jésus (Laval). On the right of the map, the Ottawa River and the Deux Montagnes Lake. On the left, the St. Lawrence River.
On the mills’ dike, a restored masonry wall is encircled with four steel structures. Each represents the volume of previous industrial buildings. Behind the wall, the steel tower occupies the place where the factory’s tall smokestack once stood.
On the mills’ dike, a restored masonry wall is encircled with four steel structures. Each represents the volume of previous industrial buildings. Behind the wall, the steel tower occupies the place where the factory’s tall smokestack once stood.
A row of silhouettes of fishermen on the shore of the Island of Montreal late afternoon. They are posted at the foot of the hydroelectric power plant on the Des Prairies River, seen in the background. All are hoping for a great catch with the return of the American shad, a popular fish among the locals.
We follow the camera into the less accessible vestiges of the old mills, appreciating in passing the water running through the site as well as the surrounding nature. Music: excerpts from the anthem Mémoires d’Ahuntsic, composed by Kiya Tabassian for a text by Jacques Boulerice.
Detail of a map of the area between Fort Lorette and the mills’ dike, most likely drawn before 1750. At the top, we see the dike and the first mills. On the lower right, Fort Lorette and its buildings, among which is the chapel of the missionary outpost.
Black and white line drawing. On the left, a sawmill inaugurated in 1726. On the right, a flour mill from 1727. The dark hatched-out section represents the water on both sides of the dike.
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