Nuns' Island
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Nuns' Island
Île des Sœurs | |
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Nuns' Island (officially Île des Sœurs; French pronunciation:
History
Originally called Île Saint-Paul in honour of the founder of Montreal,
The
The nuns farmed the island, building houses and agricultural buildings, and later hired women to help with raising livestock. Owing to a dispute between the congregation and the municipality of Verdun over taxes in the late 19th century, the island, which had no fixed link to the Island of Montreal, was made a municipality (L'Île-Saint-Paul) in 1899.
The nuns continued farming until 1956, when they sold the island to the Quebec Home and Mortgage Co. Ltd.[6] In the same year, the provincial government merged it with Verdun.[3] By that time the name Saint-Paul had fallen out of use, and the name île des Sœurs was officialized. The nuns entirely left the island in 1957.
The development of the island began in earnest with the opening of the
Geography
Year | Pop. | ±% |
---|---|---|
1971 | 3,925 | — |
1976 | 5,702 | +45.3% |
1981 | 5,789 | +1.5% |
1986 | 7,416 | +28.1% |
1991 | 10,693 | +44.2% |
2011 | 18,315 | +13.0% |
The 3.74-square-kilometre (1.44 sq mi) island is part of the Hochelaga Archipelago in the St. Lawrence River. It is located immediately southeast of the Island of Montreal, from which it is separated by a narrow channel, and north of the La Prairie Bassin.
Soils are mostly of clay loam to clay texture, and usually somewhat poorly drained (MacDonald series). Very poorly drained clay was mapped as Laplaine series, and areas of well-drained glacial till were mapped as Chateaugay clay loam or St. Bernard loam. A small gravel deposit at the northern end was mapped as Ste-Philomène sandy loam.[13]
The island is noted for its parks and scenery including West Vancouver Park which overlooks the
Government
Nuns' Island is part of the borough of Verdun, making up the neighbourhood of L'Île-des-Sœurs and forming part of the city council district of Champlain–L'Île-des-Sœurs with the eastern third of "mainland" Verdun. As part of Verdun, it is part of the federal riding of Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs and the provincial riding of Verdun.
Economy
Commercial services are clustered in malls around the Place du Commerce shopping centre near the Champlain Bridge, with civic services including a community centre and church around Place Elgar.
A recent development is the construction of the campus headquarters of
A substantial part of Nuns' Island is leased by Structures Metropolitaines from the current landowners of the Island. the Place du Commerce shopping centre
Infrastructure
The
There are only two schools on the island, École primaire Île-des-Sœurs and École des Marguerite. The primary schools are both part of Montreal's French-language
In July 2023,
Connecting bus routes
Société de transport de Montréal[19] | |||
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Route | Service Times | ||
12 Île-des-Sœurs | All-day 6 am ~ 11 pm | ||
168 Cité-du-Havre | Weekdays 5 am ~ 9 pm | ||
172 du Golf | Weekdays 5 am ~ 1:30 am | ||
176 Berlioz | All-day 5 am ~ 1:30 am |
See also
- Hochelaga Archipelago
- List of islands of Quebec
References
- ^ Population calculated by adding Census Tracts 4620317.02 Archived 2021-05-13 at the Wayback Machine (7,929), 4620317.03 Archived 2021-05-13 at the Wayback Machine (4,349) and 4620317.04 Archived 2022-08-28 at the Wayback Machine (8,183).
- Canada 2016 Census.
- ^ a b c "L'île des Soeurs." Archived 2011-10-06 at the Wayback Machine Grand répertoire du patrimoine bâti de Montréal. Accessed 2 July 2011.
- ^ "History of Nuns' Island." Archived 2011-09-10 at the Wayback Machine Ville de Montréal: Arrondissement de Verdun. Accessed 2 July 2011.
- ^ Fiche descriptive: Île des Sœurs. Archived 2012-06-03 at the Wayback Machine Commission de toponymie du Québec. Accessed 2 July 2011.
- ^ Deed of Sale, January 26, 1956, Per LES SOEURS DE LA CONGRÉGATION DE NOTRE-DAME DE MONTRÉAL to QUEBEC HOME & MORTGAGE CORPORATION LTD. Mtre Robert DESY, notary, minute number 14 026, Published at the Québec Registry of Immoveables, Registration division of Montréal, under number 1 183 864.
- ^ Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA). "Harold Ship Alexis Nihon Plaza and Nuns' Island Master Plan project records". www.cca.qc.ca. Archived from the original on 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
- ^ "Archive de Montreal". Archived from the original on 2017-08-25. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
- ^ "In Your Neighbourhood: The Mies Van Der Rohe Buildings". City of Montreal Web site. Archived from the original on 2019-01-11. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
- ^ Perreaux, Les (2009-01-27). "The Ritz of gas stations looks for a new life". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 2009-01-31. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
- ^ Canadian Army. Topographic Service. Carte topographique du Canada à l'échelle de 1:25 000. 31 H5h, Verdun. Ottawa: Army Topographic Service, 1963. Available online Archived 2022-08-28 at the Wayback Machine from Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Accessed July 5, 2011.
- ^ "History of Nun's Island". Archived from the original on 2018-09-07. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
- ^ http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/publications/surveys/pq/pq41/pq41_report.pdf Archived 2021-11-18 at the Wayback Machine P. Lajoie and R. Baril (1953) Soil Survey of Montreal, Jesus and Bizard Islands in the Province of Quebec
- ^ "Domaine Saint-Paul, Boisé de l'Île-des-Sœurs." Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine Ville de Montréal: Arrondissement de Verdun. Accessed 2 July 2011.
- ^ "Bell Canada Campus – 1 Carrefour Alexander-Graham-Bell". Canderel. Archived from the original on 2012-01-31. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
- ^ "Going to Campus Bell - Montreal" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-12-21. Retrieved 2012-02-07.
- ^ http://www.csmb.qc.ca/fr-CA/enseignement/primaire/ecoles/liste/des-marguerite.aspx Archived 2016-04-17 at the Wayback Machine École des Marguerite page on the school board's website
- ^ Jason Magder (April 22, 2016). "Electric light-rail train network spearheaded by Caisse de dépôt to span Montreal by 2020". Montreal Gazette. Archived from the original on November 23, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
- ^ "New bus network on Île-des-Sœurs". STM. Société de transport de Montréal. Retrieved 1 August 2023.