Place Jacques-Cartier
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Place Jacques-Cartier is a square located in Old Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is an entrance to the Old Port of Montreal.
View from rue de la Commune, 2012
The square overlooked by Nelson's Column in its traditional role as a market place, 1900
Place Jacques-Cartier on a cold winter's night
March 2016
Old Montreal
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Old Montreal is a historic neighbourhood within the municipality of Montreal in the province of Quebec, Canada. Home to the Old Port of Montreal, the neighbourhood is bordered on the west by rue McGil
Place Jacques-Cartier
…Place Jacques-Cartier (French pronunciation: , Jacques Cartier Square) is a square located in Old Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is an entrance to the Old Port of Montreal. In 1723, the Château Vaudreuil was built for Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil…
View of Old Montreal from the Old Port of Montreal
Depiction of the first church in Fort Ville-Marie. The settlement was established in 1642 under the authority of the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal.
The capitulation of Montreal during the Seven Years' War. Montreal and the rest of New France became a British colony following the war.
Notre-Dame Basilica is a Catholic church completed in 1865.