www.lechariot.ca A1404 In partenershipwith vww.imagesboreales.com 514 875-6134 514 514 439-1987 514 Old Montréal Old Old Montréal Old 446 Place Jacques-Cartier Place 446 4 Saint-Paul Street East Street Saint-Paul 4 LE CHARIOT LE IMAGES BORÉALES IMAGES GALERIE GALERIE : GALERIE dedicated to Inuit Art Inuit to dedicated Canada’s two largest galleries galleries largest two Canada’s Denis Tremblay Denis Hôtel St-Paul Hôtel Stéphane Poulin Stéphane Basilica bell-towers and Aldred Building Aldred and bell-towers Basilica Basilica Notre-Dame Sreet McGill Cape Dorset Cape Pauta Saila Saila Pauta Saturday August 23 and Sunday August 24 August Sunday and 23 August Saturday 18th Century Public Market Public Century 18th Marc-Antoine Zouéki Marc-Antoine 12 1 Stéphane Poulin Stéphane 15 2014 PROGRAM : FACEBOOK.COM/VIEUXMONTREAL : PROGRAM City Hall City Adesjardins - RJDostie - Adesjardins Stéphane Poulin Stéphane De la Commune Street Commune la De 12 heritage attractions heritage 12 and Cultural fully enjoy this amazing spectacle. spectacle. amazing this enjoy fully Adesjardins - RJDostie - Adesjardins 2014 the SDC du Vieux-Montréal du SDC the The line in yellow yellow in line The on the pedestrian map shows you how to to how you shows map pedestrian the on Summer concerts are sponsored by by sponsored are concerts Summer noon to 1 p.m. p.m. 1 to noon and its public squares. public its and July 2 to August 29, Tuesday to Friday, Friday, to Tuesday 29, August to 2 July spectacular architectural details of its historic buildings, its streets streets its buildings, historic its of details architectural spectacular Place d’Armes Place ning when the neighborhood is beautifully lit to bring to the fore the the fore the to bring to lit beautifully is neighborhood the when ning Musique Zone - eve the in stroll a without incomplete is Montréal Old of tour Any Official map Official IMAGES BORÉALES | LE CHARIOT LE | BORÉALES IMAGES Sundays, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. 1 to a.m. 11 from Sundays, MONTRÉAL and Saturdays 31, August to 5 July 9 Awesome! Magnificent! Magical! Magnificent! Awesome! GALLERIES Place Jacques-Cartier Place 13 Musical brunches brunches Musical OLD OLD INUIT ART INUIT Old Montréal – Lighting tour Lighting – Montréal Old A livery neighbourhood livery A Oracio (GOD)_Chariot_Images_GuideTM2013 13-04-03 16:10 Page2 16:10 13-04-03 (GOD)_Chariot_Images_GuideTM2013 Oracio Old Montréal - Heritage attractions Old Montréal 12 shopping gallery Montréal is one of the few large cities Place d’Armes 12 15 15 McGill Street in North America to have conserved its In the heart of the historic district, McGill Street was built in 1805 Place d’Armes offers an excellent following the demolition of historic city centre. overview of all the periods in the history the fortifications from 1717 to Art, fashion and design of Montréal, from the city’s oldest 1738 under the French regime. Walking through Old Montréal, the old walled town, you are building to the huge church of its very Local products surrounded by traces of more than 370 years of history. You’ll Today, refitted and always first parish, or from the head office of bustling with people, it has Outdoor cafés and see the birthplace of Montréal, at Pointe-à-Callière, where Sieur the first bank in the country to Canada’s de Maisonneuve and Jeanne Mance landed on May 17th 1642. regained the prestige it had restaurants first skyscraper – vthe New York Life when the headquarters of the Wander down narrow, winding streets, dating back to the origins building – which opened in 1888. It had of the French colony. Admire splendid buildings from the 1700s and Hudson’s Bay and the Grand an elevator for climbing its eight floors, Trunk were located there. some of the most remarkable 19th-century Victorian commercial which was a great novelty at the time. buildings in North America. And finally, there are Canada’s very first Denis Tremblay skyscrapers, erected in the late 1800s and early 1900s, in the heart of what was then the downtown core of Canada’s metropolis. Fifty years ago this year, the Government of Québec declared 16 Old Montréal a “historic district” saving part of the area from a planned demolition to accommodate the Ville-Marie expressway. oulin P Paul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve Jeanne Mance téphan S Photographe masqué Photographe masqué Born in Neuville-sur-Vanne, Born in Langres, Jeanne Mance hoto : hoto : P Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de (1606-1673) is co-founder of 14 Maisonneuve (1612-1676) Montreal. Courageous and tireless, 13 Sainte-Hélène Street 14 co-founded in 1642 Ville-Marie, she set up the first hospital in the Sainte-Hélène and Des Récollets which will become Montréal. He new colony, the Hôtel-Dieu. streets, with their recently installed Ville de Montréal – Denis Labine directed the destinies of the city gas lights, boast sumptuous buildings for 24 years. built by wholesalers and new 16 City Hall Gaulle uttered his famous “Vive le Québec libre!” in 1967. THE HISTORIC Details from the Monument à Maisonneuve, Place d’Armes, Louis-Philippe Hébert (1895) industrialists around 1870 to impress 275 Notre-Dame Street East their clients. Montréal City Hall has a more Open Monday to Friday, turbulent history than its peaceful 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 1 Montréal’s façade suggests. The building Reservations required DISTRICT HAS 1 Gilles Lauzon birthplace went up between 1872 and 1878, for groups: and survived a disastrous fire in Very rarely can a city identify 514 872-3355 its exact birthplace, but 1922. And it was from this balcony Free NEVER BEEN SO Montréal can, and it has 8 Bonsecours Market that French President Général de preserved tangible traces of Bonsecours Market, a reminder of the Classical Revival style in vogue at 17 its foundation and made them the time, was opened in 1847 and served as the city hall until 1878. It has Saint-Jacques 18 CONTEMPORARY accessible to the public. Seen now been restored and houses some excellent designer boutiques. Street here, from Place D’Youville, In the early 1900s, Saint-Jacques this site, known as Pointe- Stéphane Poulin Street (St. James Street in those Discover its heritage, architecture, à-Callière, was also a place 8 days), lined with magnificent frequented by Amerindians 13 Place Jacques-Cartier head office buildings, proclaimed archaeology and public art Denis Farley for over 2,500 years. Montréal’s prosperity. It was This was originally a marketplace, created in the early 19th century and is Canada’s metropolis! dominated by a monument to Admiral Nelson. Right from the start, it became 12 Old Seminary one of the liveliest spots in the whole city, with artists, street performers, 12 17 vieux.montreal.qc.ca The Old Sulpician Seminary is the spacious restaurants and superb outdoor cafés. oldest building still standing in Denis Tremblay Montréal. It was first erected in 1684, Saint-Paul Street 18 and has been altered several times The narrow, lazily winding street brings to Champ-de-Mars since. It served as a residence for the mind a dirt road packed down by horses’ Over the years, Champ-de-Mars seigneurs of the island in the 17th and hooves and settlers’ steps. has seen its share of historic 18th centuries. This is the oldest street in Montréal, gatherings. The foundations of the and today is home to many art galleries, stone walls that surrounded the boutiques, restaurants and cafés. city up until the early 19th century can still be seen here. Photographe masqué Ville de Montréal – Denise Caron Photographe masqué Stéphane Poulin 350, rue Saint-Paul Est, Vieux-Montréal Welcome Old Montréal – Cultural attractions Religious Heritage 12 Notre-Dame Basilica The city’s history is that of its Wednesday to Friday, the cultural diversity of Québec 1 Old Montréal, inhabitants, past and present. A 12 a.m. to 7 p.m. 7 society. 10 110 Notre-Dame Street West history of places and memories 514 842-2925 Saturdays and Sundays Thuesday to Sunday, www.notredamebasilica.ca much more than a place that shape a present and suggest 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. a future. Every year, hundreds of thousands of people visit this magnificent Gothic of history and heritage Free admission Revival church, which was inaugurated in 1829. Relive the history of Montreal 9 from the earliest Native presence Experience the most exciting area of Montréal, with its unique to today, through a media-rich 5 12 exposition and immersive podcast. and spectacular backdrop, its lively streets and its wide range Château Ramezay Mattera Inc. of shops and boutiques. Discover some forty art and crafts Adults $6 October 14 to May 31: Tuesday to galleries, Québec fashion designers’ workshops, cozy sidewalk Seniors and students $5 3D films on a 7-storey high screen Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. cafes and many restaurants, including several rated among the Children $4 at the IMAX®TELUS theater. 5 year-old or less Free finest in Montréal, trendy bars, and especially an unparalleled Free access to the Garden Discount with Accès Montréal 8 Marché Bonsecours atmosphere, just a few steps away from the river banks. Admission fees for the Museum and CAA card 350 Saint-Paul Street East Production Train d’enfer 514 872-7730 Special rates: families, students With all its attractions, it is no wonder that Old Montréal, a safe Shutterstock Pointe-à-Callière www.marchebonsecours.qc.ca 9 Marguerite- and seniors State-of-the-art multimedia techniques highlight the and always vibrant neighborhood inhabited by more than 5,000 3 Christian Desrochers Guided tours in French and Bourgeoys Museum Guided tours: variable schedule Basilica’s exceptional works of art and bring to life its residents, and where more than 40,000 people work daily, is 1 Pointe-à-Callière, English, from 9 a.m.