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  A History of Montreal General Hospital
The Montreal General Hospital is one of the oldest hospitals in North America.
The history of the Montreal General Hospital parallels the history of Montreal in the 19th century.
With the rising tide of immigration from Europe, in 1816 the total number of citizens was 25,000.
ego.psych.mcgill.ca /labs/mgh/The_Hospital.html   (435 words)

  
  Encyclopedia: Montreal, Quebec   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Montreal is situated in the southwest of Quebec, approximately 200 kilometres (122 miles) southwest of Quebec City, the provincial capital, and 150 kilometres (93 miles) east of Ottawa, the federal capital.
Montreal has one of the largest gay and lesbian populations per capita in the world, nearly 15% of the population, and as a result it is home to a large gay village located downtown and known in French as le Village gai.
Montreal is situated in the southwestern corner of Quebec approximately 270 kilometres southwest of Quebec City, the provincial capital, and 190 kilometres east of Ottawa, the federal capital.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Montreal,-Quebec   (3315 words)

  
 Montreal, Quebec Encyclopedia Article, Description, History and Biography @ OurLocalColor.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Montreal is situated in the south western corner of Quebec approximately 270 kilometres (168 miles) southwest of Quebec City, the provincial capital, and 190 kilometres (118 miles) east of Ottawa, the federal capital.
Montreal was merged with the 27 surrounding municipalities on the Island of Montreal on 1 January 2002.
Montreal lies at the confluence of several climactic regions and thus the climate in Montreal varies greatly, both by season and by day to day, and is considered a part of the culture of the city by Montrealers.
www.ourlocalcolor.com /encyclopedia/Montreal,_Quebec   (6454 words)

  
 History of Montreal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The city's growth was spurred by the opening of the Lachine Canal and Montreal was the capital of the United Province of Canada from 1844 to 1849.
Growth continued and by 1860 Montreal was the largest city in British North America and the undisputed economic and cultural centre of Canada.
In 1852, Montreal had 58,000 inhabitants and by 1860, Montreal was the largest city in British North America and the undisputed economic and cultural centre of Canada.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Montreal   (3227 words)

  
 History of Montreal: Just the facts...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Montreal was the capital of the Province of Canada (additional info and facts about Province of Canada) from 1844 to 1849.
The idea of uniting the island of Montreal under one municipal government was first preposed by Jean Drapeau (additional info and facts about Jean Drapeau) in the 1960s (The decade from 1960 to 1969).
Montreal was named for the island of Montreal (additional info and facts about island of Montreal), which in turn was named for Mount Royal (additional info and facts about Mount Royal).
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hi/history_of_montreal.htm   (932 words)

  
 Montreal Canadiens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Montreal Canadiens are the oldest established National Hockey League franchise.
In 1945, Richard made NHL history by becoming the first player to score 50 goals in one season, reaching the mark on the final night of the season.
The Montreal Canadiens unveiled this 100th anniversary logo to be used in 2008-09.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Montreal_Canadiens   (2514 words)

  
 History of Montreal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
From 1861 to the GreatDepression of 1930, Montreal went through what some historians call its golden age.What is today Old-Montreal was then the most important economic center of the Dominion of Canada.
As of January 1, 2002, the entire islandof Montreal, home to 1.8 million people, as well as the several outlying islands that were also part of the Montreal UrbanCommunity, were merged into a new "megacity".
Montreal was named for the island of Montreal, which in turnwas named for Mount Royal.
www.therfcc.org /history-of-montreal-166791.html   (550 words)

  
 A Brief History of Montreal
In the early 1600's, the island was colonized by the French and the city of Montreal (originally named Ville Marie) was founded in 1642 by Paul de Chomedey Maisonneuve.
Over the 3 centuries since Montreal's original foundation, settlements and towns were established in many different areas of the island.
As a result, on January 1st, 2002 the suburb towns on the island of Montreal were forced to become boroughs and merge with the city of Montreal.
montrealflags.tripod.com /history.html   (576 words)

  
 A History of Montreal General Hospital
The Montreal General Hospital is an acute care institution which has been designated as one of the two Level 1 Trauma Centres on the Island of Montreal.
The history of the Montreal General Hospital parallels the history of Montreal in the 19th century.
The Montreal General Hospital, the Montreal Children´s Hospital, the Royal Victoria Hospital, the Montreal Neurological Institute as well as McGill University are in the process of implementing a renewed partnership that will eventually see the integration of facilities in a new superhospital - the McGill University Hospital Centre.
www.psych.mcgill.ca /labs/mgh/The_Hospital.html   (258 words)

  
 History Montreal at www.wildhippo.co.uk -
Montreal Impact or Impacto of Montreal in Spanish, is a club of Canadian soccer, the city of Montreal in the province of Quebec.
Montreal: NuAge Editions, 1992 the Virtual Library Miguel de Cervantes, first in Castilian language, is a bibliographical bottom with works of Literature, History, Sciences, etc., of free access.
Montreal: St. Hubert, 4,309 of Philosophy of the University of Montreal.
www.wildhippo.co.uk /History-Montreal.html   (937 words)

  
 Montreal History Links
Histoire du Montréal, 1640-1672 - The earliest history of Montreal, by seventeenth century contemporary Dollier de Casson, superior of the Sulpician Seminary.
History of Lasalle - also take a look at the historical sketch of the Fleming Mill, which is a unique heritage site in Lasalle.
History of Lachine See also: Labourers' struggle ended in bloodshed (June 14, 2003 / The Gazette) - article about the 1843 strike at the Lachine Canal which ended with between 8 and 20 workers killed.
www.geocities.com /ericsquire/montreal.htm   (2068 words)

  
 Duplicate Book List - Osler Library of the History of Medicine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Montreal : The Association of Nurses of the Province of Quebec, 1971.
Morton, W.L. One University: A History of the University of Manitoba 1877-1952.
A history of the University of Toronto, 1827-1927.
www.health.library.mcgill.ca /osler/duplbook.htm   (4776 words)

  
 HISTORY:  MONTREAL SHRINE BOWL
The Montreal Shrine Bowl was based on a vision held by Skip Rochette (Coach of Concordia) and Grant Peterson (Karnak Shriner) who saw the success in the U.S.A. of raising money to help The Shrine Hospitals through football.
In addition, the annual East-West Shrine Bowl in California, an all-star affair that serves as a showcase for 74 college football seniors, have invited Canadians to participate since 1985 — usually one from eastern Canada and one from the west.
They include ex-McGill All-Canadians Matthieu Quiviger (who went on to play for the Montreal Alouettes), Val St. Germain, currently with the CFL’s Saskatchewan Roughriders and Randy Chevrier, now with the CFL’s Calgary Stampeders after stints in the NFL with Dallas and Cincinnati.
www.montrealshrinebowl.com /msb_history.htm   (692 words)

  
 Montreal Expos History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
The cities of Montreal and San Diego become the newest members of the senior circuit.
Montreal business executive Charles Bronfman of the Seagram's distilling empire is the front man for the new team.
In Montreal, 29,184 fans watch the Expos play their first home game at Jarry Park and beat the Cardinals 8-7 in spite of Dal Maxvill's grand slam against Larry Jaster.
expos.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/mon/history/mon_history_timeline.jsp   (254 words)

  
 Montreal Canada Hotel and Travel - Montreal History of Montreal Canada History
Montreal Canada History - The first people to live on the land of Montreal were the Indians.
Montreal continues to prosper and the people work in a myriad of fields.
The future of the City of Montreal looks even brighter as more and more visitors come to the area the tourist industry is making enormous profits.
www.montrealcitytourist.com /montreal-history.html   (308 words)

  
 History of Montreal QUEBEC Canada - Pagelite Search The Canadian Web Directory
Montreal was occupied in 1776, during the American Revolution.
THE HISTORY OF CANADA The Quebec Act of 1774 Administration of the conquered province by a governor and an appointed council was established by royal proclamation.
Montreal constitutes one of the regions of Quebec.
search.pagelite.ca /canada/QUEBEC/Montreal/History%20of   (665 words)

  
 The Rolling Stock Collections Report - Streetcars   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Of note is that the first electric streetcar, MSR #350, and the last, MTC #3517, built for Montreal were built in St. Louis Mo. The PCC's spent most of their operating life on the Outremont #29 line.
MTC 350 was the first electric car to operate in Montreal, Sept. 21, 1892; it was owned by the Royal Electric Company and was their demonstrator car.
Longer and more elegant than other cars (like 274) in Montreal at that time and so was chosen to be the first car to inaugurate the electric service.
www.exporail.org /collection/collection_tram_ang.htm   (1463 words)

  
 Virtual Jewish History Tour - Montreal, Quebec
After Montreal was lost to the British on September 8, 1760, and all of New France surrendered under the Treaty of Paris in 1763, a number of Jewish officers and soldiers remained in Quebec.
Under the act, the Jewish communities of Montreal, Quebec, and Trois Rivieres were allowed to own land slated for the construction of a synagogue and cemetery.
At the turn of the century, the community continued to expand due to the influx of large numbers of Eastern European Jews fleeing Czarist pogroms and persecution in Romania, combined with the United States' new restrictive immigration quotas.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/vjw/Quebec.html   (953 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Montreal : History, Canada (Canadian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
A stockaded Native American village, Hochelaga, was found on the site (1535) by Cartier, and the island was visited in 1603 by Champlain, but it was not settled by the French until 1642, when a band of priests, nuns, and settlers under Paul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve, founded the Ville Marie de MontrEal.
From 1844 to 1849, Montreal was the capital of United Canada.
Montreal held the much-praised international exposition of 1967, known as Expo '67, and further increased its international stature by hosting the 1976 Summer Olympics.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/Montreal-history.html   (290 words)

  
 Montreal Expos History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Major league baseball in Montreal was a long-time dream of Gerry Snyder, a city councillor whose legwork and lobbying started after the leagues expanded in 1962.
When Montreal was awarded a franchise on May 27th, it brought a negative reaction from unsuccessful bidders and a message of condemnation from the U.S. Congress for the League's choice of a foreign city.
He preferred that the club remain in Montreal under local ownership but that question was not resolved until Claude Brochu, whom Bronfman had named president of the team in 1986, skillfully brought together 13 private investors and the city of Montreal to buy the franchise on June 14, 1991.
expos.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/mon/history/mon_history_feature.jsp?story=1   (2634 words)

  
 Subud Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
This visit triggered the coming to the Montreal group of several probationers in the ensuing months, among whom was the writer of the present article.
Since at that time 55 of the people spoke French in Montreal (and 85 in the whole province), he did not feel it was right to act like this and offered to the committee to translate into French any English they would wish to post on the bulletin board.
Of those 83 members, 4 are now deceased, 18 are still members, here in Montreal, and adding the active members who have moved to other cities or countries (12) to these 18, 30 of those 79 members (still alive) of September 1974 are still in Subud.
www.subudcanada.org /history_montreal.htm   (2984 words)

  
 Musée McCord Museum - Montreal, 1701: Planting the Tree of Peace
Havard has adapted his earlier work to produce Montreal, 1701, a 73-page booklet that provides a detailed account of the events and exchanges leading up to the signing of the Great Peace of Montreal in a form that is both accessible and engaging.
The McCord Museum of Canadian History and Recherches amérindiennes au Québec are committed to the scholarly exploration and diffusion of Aboriginal culture and history.
Montreal, 1701: Planting the Tree of Peace received funding from the ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec and the Historica Foundation.
www.musee-mccord.qc.ca /en/info/pressreleases/11915.html   (496 words)

  
 EPA History - President Reagan on Montreal Protocol Ratification
The President today transmitted to the Senate for ratification the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, which was concluded in Montreal on Sept. 16.
I transmit herewith, for the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification, the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, done at Montreal on September 16, 1987.
The Montreal Protocol provides for internationally coordinated control of ozone-depleting substances in order to protect public health and the environment from potential adverse effects of depletion of stratospheric ozone.
www.epa.gov /history/topics/montreal/01.htm   (242 words)

  
 History of Montreal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Montreal is one of the biggest cities in Canada.
Montreal can be found in the old part of Montreal.
Between 1642 and 1759, Montreal was a French town and in 1760, this
www.cvm.qc.ca /corton/6432/berta_biscevic.htm   (215 words)

  
 Montreal Flying Club - History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
The Montreal Flying Club was founded in 1927 by Dr George Millette under the name of Montreal Light Aeroplane Club and started flying activities at St-Hubert Airport on May 12, 1928 using a De Havilland DH60 Moth bearing civil air registration C-GAKD.
Thousands of candidates from Canada and all over the world have graduated from the Montreal Flying Club and are proudly exercising their pilot careers in all categories of flying activities, mainly with the international airlines of their respective countries.
In September of 1997, The Montreal Flying Club and Laurentide Aviation Ltd., joined forces becoming one of Canada's largest training centers with a worldwide reputation of excellence.
www3.sympatico.ca /aeroclub.montreal/history.htm   (331 words)

  
 Canada Montreal Mission - History
The history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Canada began shortly after the Church was organized.
This is obviously a watershed moment in the history of the Church in which to accomodate the growth and the complexity and the challenges of the Church, this new system of supervision is being undertaken.
We made the Montreal Gazette, the Church News, the Ensign (news of the church section), and the Liahona with a great picture of the choir and a brief article.
www.yelkcam.com /cmm/History.html   (9438 words)

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