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Montréal, in inglese Montreal, è la più popolosa città della provincia del Québec nonché la seconda più popolosa città del Canada. È anche la più grande città francofona del continente americano. È una città completamente insulare, in quanto sorge sull'arcipelago Hochelaga, gruppo di isole alla confluenza dei fiumi ...
Entro la metà del 19 ° secolo, Montréal fu importante centro di produzione del Canada. Divenne anche l'hub nazionale ferroviaria e il centro della Grand Trunk Railway of Canada (1852) e il Pacifico canadese ( 1881). Montreal è stato ora la metropoli commerciale, industriale e finanziario del paese.
Montreal was established in 1642 in what is now the province of Quebec, Canada. At the time of European contact the area was inhabited by the St. Lawrence Iroquoians, a discrete and distinct group of Iroquoian -speaking indigenous people. They spoke Laurentian.
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The St. Lawrence Iroquoians long inhabited the present-day island of Montreal and the surrounding areas. The island was a good site for settlement due to the natural resources nearby, and the St. Lawrence Riverand Lachine Rapids made it necessary for travellers to stop there and unload their boats. In 1535, French navigator Jacques Cartier visited ...
Montreal was a city of the interior, in contrast to Quebec City, which was the administrative capital and the main port where exchanges with France took place. Montreal soon became the great centre of the fur trade. Coureurs de bois, voyageurs and such famous explorers as René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle, Daniel Dulhut, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville ...
The city of Montreal encompasses the whole island of Montreal and some smaller surrounding islands. There are many riverside parks all around the island and along the Lachine Canal. Mont Royal dominates Montreal's landscape and determined its settlement pattern for many years. After a trial period at Pointe-à-Callière, a point of land at the conflu...
Montreal has had three distinct decades of rapid growth since the mid-19th century: 1851–61, 1901–11 and 1951–61. Demographic growth has largely been the result of an influx of people from outside the city, as the periods of rapid growth coincided with the arrival of large numbers of immigrants. The most significant growth, however, was a result of...
After having an economy based on the fur trade for 150 years, Montreal evolved into a diversified commercial metropolis, focusing on both international trade and the distribution of manufactured goods. Industry played a growing role from the mid-19th century, and in the 20th century, the services sector expanded with the rise of financial instituti...
Montreal has long been a key seaport in eastern North America. The constant improvement of navigation above and below the city began with the construction of the Lachine Canal in 1825 and continued with the deepening of the channel between Montreal and Quebec City in 1851. Before the opening of the St. Lawrence Seawayin 1959, all goods destined for...
Historically, Montreal has been a leading communications centre in Canada and also plays a distinct role as the home of most French-language media in the country. The city houses the corporate headquarters, the head stations, and the main studios of four francophone television networks: the federally owned Radio-Canada (the French-language equivale...
Starting in 1796 Montreal’s municipal affairs were administered by magistrates not accountable to citizens for their actions. In 1832 Montreal got its first charter, which had a life-span of four years and allowed property owners to elect a city council. However, the city charter was not renewed in1836 because the provincial legislature was out of ...
A strong francophone population distinguishes Montreal from large North American cities. It is the main centre of expression and diffusion of French Canadian culture, as well as the meeting place between the French and American cultures. The anglophone minority also has its particular cultural institutions in the city. Montreal is an important univ...
Through exhibits, images and articles — as well as several Heritage Minutes about influential Montrealers — this collection celebrates the 375-year heritage and history of this important cultural and economic centre.
3 giorni fa · Montreal - French Colony, Canada's Largest City, Cultural Hub: The site of Montreal was called Hochelaga by the Huron people when the French navigator and explorer Jacques Cartier visited it in 1535–36 on his second voyage to the New World.
Montréal. Città del Canada, nel Québec. Insediamento indiano quando vi arrivarono i francesi nel 1535, la città europea venne fondata nel 1624 e servì da avamposto militare, che si arricchì grazie al commercio delle pelli e continuò a svilupparsi dopo la conquista britannica, divenendo la metropoli della valle del S. Lorenzo.
