Buildings & Structures Archives | Verdun in Wartime: An Engaged Community

Maison Nivard-De Saint-Dizier

Here is a photograph of Maison Nivard-De Saint-Dizier, musée et site archéologique, located on the banks of the St. Lawrence River, in the borough of Verdun. This building […]

Parc du Souvenir

Parc du Souvenir is located in front of City Hall, on Verdun Street, between Willibrord Street and 1st Avenue. Initially known as Willibrord Park and then Monument Park, […]

An Emblematic Tower

Here is a photograph of one of the last vestiges of the war in Verdun: the tower of the former munitions factory built in 1916 and used during […]

Inauguration of the Victory Memorial

This image presents the October 5th, 1924 program for the unveiling of the cenotaph erected in honour of the soldiers who died during the First World War. Transcription […]

Veterans’ Housing

The photograph shows what was referred to as veterans’ housing, mostly built during the Second World War. This name was given to single-family homes that were built as […]

A Historic House for the Veterans

Here is a photograph of Maison Nivard-De Saint-Dizier in 1979 when it was occupied by Branch 202 Crawford Park of the Royal Canadian Legion. The branch’s activities officially […]

A Gathering Place

In 1929, the Great War Memorial Hall became a gathering place for the members of Branch 4 Verdun of the Canadian Legion. The idea of building a hall, […]

The Army Recruits on Wellington Street

This newspaper clipping from Verdun’s The Guardian features a photograph of the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps’ recruiting office, located on Wellington Street, when it first opened. During […]

Women at Work

This photograph shows women at work at the British Munitions Supply Company. The manufacture and assembly of detonator shells demanded precision work but did not require any special […]

A Team of Women Workers

This photograph features 1800 of the 2400 women employed by the British Munitions Supply Company in Verdun. Most of them were from Verdun and the south-west area of […]

Defence Industries Limited

This photograph from 1960 offers a view of the buildings that belonged to Defence Industries Limited between 1941 and 1945. Over $7 million was invested to modernize the […]

The British Munitions Supply Company Factory

The photograph features the factory’s administrative building with an Italian-style corner tower. This building, separate from the factory, housed the dining hall and kitchen. The saw-toothed roof, also […]