The Montreal Heritage Calendar

Day by day. Have fun discovering the many attractions in and around Montreal.
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June 13, 2008

A Heritage in Health to Discover

» Musée des Hospitalières de l’Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal

600 objects from the collection of the Hospitallers of St.Joseph, of Hôtel-Dieu, relate a history forever entwined with that of Montreal.

Guided tours are available for groups and students from grade schools to universities.

The Musée des Hospitalières de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, inaugurated in 1992, commemorates the 350th anniversary of the foundation of Montreal.

Photo : Gilbert Langlois

A stroll through time...to discover the Lachine Canal (Tour of the Saint-Gabriel locks)

» Canal-de-Lachine, Lieu historique national du Canada

Discover a historic landscape unique in Montréal. Historic locks, industrial heritage, contemporary revitalization: this one site summarizes the entire history of the canal.

Reservations accepted at 514-283-6054.

A stroll through time… to discover the Lachine Canal Tour of the Lachine Lockstation

» Canal-de-Lachine, Lieu historique national du Canada

The tour of the Lachine lockstation focuses on the contruction and the widening of the canal.

Following the beaver's trail

» Commerce-de-la-fourrure-à-Lachine, Lieu historique national du Canada

Guided tour of the historic fur-trade warehouse

 From «Q1» to «Je me souviens», a History of License Plates

» Musée du Château Ramezay

The exhibition From “Q1” to “Je me souviens”: a History of License Plates will offer visitors a joy ride around automobile history in Québec.

  • Schedule : 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  • Price : Free
  • Metro : Champ-de-Mars
  • Type of visit : On foot 
  • Also on June 13, June 14 and June 15.

Montreal First People festival - Mentiras and A Massacre Foretold

» Terres en vues

See festival's site for more info at www.nativelynx.qc.ca.

Festival's info-line: 514.572.1799.

  • Length : 1 h 15
  • Schedule : 6:30 p.m.
  • Price : $5
  • Metro : Berri-UQAM
  • Type of visit : Other 
  • Also on June 13.

Montreal First People’s Festival film projection (1)

» Terres en vues

Movies : From One Dream To Another Art of Self-Destruction, The Happiness Chulpas and Los Hawaikii Takuskaskan Taua Siyotanka.

This activity takes part in the program of the 2008 Montreal First People’s Festival, which is organized by Land InSights a society for the diffusion of aboriginal culture. Festival info-line: 514.572.1799. 

  • Length : 1 h 15
  • Schedule : 8:30 p.m.
  • Price : $5
  • Metro : Berri-UQAM
  • Type of visit : Other 
  • Also on June 13.

Three short films from Urban Nation

» Terres en vues

Movies : A Nation is Coming, Blood River and Future Nation. See full description at  www.nativelynx.qc.ca.

This activity takes part in the program of the 2008 Montreal First People’s Festival, which is organized by Land InSights a society for the diffusion of aboriginal culture. Festival info-line: 514.572.1799.

  • Length : 1 h
  • Schedule : 7 p.m.
  • Price : $7
  • Metro : Berri-UQAM
  • Type of visit : Other 
  • Also on June 13.

Tour of the Exhibit Damoiselle Mance

» Musée des Hospitalières de l’Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal in collaboration with The Univers culturel de Saint-Sulpice

The exhibition unveils the life and work of Jeanne Mance (1606-1673) co-founder of Montréal, founder of the Hôtel-Dieu and Canada's first secular nurse.

The exhibition can be visited individually during the museum's opening hours. A guided tour can also be reserved for groups.

Jeanne Mance. Charcoal, attributed to Sister Alexandrine Paré, r.h.s.j., end of XIX century.

Illustration : RHSJM Collection

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