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- Place Types Museum
- Address 1255 Boulevard Saint-Joseph, Lachine, QC H8S 2M2, Canada
- Coordinate 45.4314625,-73.6755523
- Website https://pc.gc.ca/fourrure?utm_source=gmb&utm_medium=fourrure
- Rating 4.4
- Compound Code C8JF+HQ Lachine, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Unfortunately it's still closed upon my visit but the surrounding site is beautiful and worth visiting.
Very nice site if you are looking for a little bit of nature in the city.
Got myself a mackage & a nice Canada goose jacket... amazing spot for trades
Beginning in the 17th century, voyageurs would launch their canoes from this location to transport trade goods thousands of miles into the interior of North America lands. At that time the Lachine Rapids prevented large ships from going any further west along the Saint Lawrence River.
A stone warehouse was erected in 1803 to store the furs gathered as a result of fur trade. It is now a Parks Canada museum dedicated to the history of this strategic location as a departure and arrival point for fur trading expeditions. The site is separate from Lachine Canal National Historic Site, with which it is inextricably connected.
Montreal was the start of nearly all westward canoe routes. See Canadian canoe routes (early). Here furs were transferred from canoe to ship and trade goods from ship to canoe. A natural transfer point was the west end of Montreal Island since goods could be carted over a nine-mile road around the Lachine Rapids. Canoes usually left in May and returned in August. The Northwest Company built a stone warehouse here in 1803. It was used until 1859 when it was sold to the Sisters of Sainte Anne who used it as an employee residence. The Lachine Canal was built around the rapids in 1825. Sir George Simpson (administrator) had a mansion across the canal from the warehouse which was torn down in 1880. Parks Canada acquired the warehouse in 1977 and in 1985 opened a museum.[2]
My kids loved the museum. They can dress up and draw. They also loved touching the different furs. It is only one room but I learned a lot.
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