Talk:Griffintown

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Isn't that part of Griffintown to the east of University in the borough of Ville Marie? There also seems to be a tendency now to restrict the use of Faoubourg des Recollets to that part of Griffintown east of University. Comments anyone?


Point Saint-Charles is not a borough but rather a neighbourhood situated in the borough of Le Sud-Ouest (the same borough as Griffintown). I corrected accordingly.

Etymology section may be wrong[edit]

Here is an account of the Etymology of Griffin Town from the Indutrial Architecture of Montreal website (http://blackader.library.mcgill.ca/industrial/griffintown.htm)

The area known as Griffintown was once a working-class neighbourhood stretching as far north as Notre-Dame street and bounded on the east by McGill street and on the west by Guy. Originally, this area was known as the Nazareth fief and made up the east half of a larger fief ceded to Jeanne Mance in 1654 and administered by the nuns of Hôtel-Dieu. In 1791, Thomas McCord signed a 99-year lease of the fief from the Hôtel-Dieu nuns (From Steam, 20). At the time, there was already talk of building the Lachine Canal; a prospect which could make this parcel of agricultural land very valuable for future subdivision. In 1796, while McCord was in England, his business associate fraudulently sold the lease to Mary Griffin. Griffin planned a subdivision where lots would be rented and the revenue to be shared by herself and the nuns (Recollets, 30).

Please look into this further or remove the Etymology section. I am very curious now! If I figure anything else out I will update. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jay z t (talk • contribs) 15:40, 22 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Here is another example from http://www.quebecheritageweb.com/trail/trail_details.aspx?&trailId=33

The area was variously known as the Nazareth fief and the Récollets suburb before 1804, when Mary Griffin, wife of a soap-factory owner, acquired the lease and set about to subdivide the land and plan streets. Irish immigrants began to settle in Griffintown around 1815. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jay z t (talk • contribs) 15:44, 22 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cites[edit]

I added the {{cite web}} template, but that Quebec Heritage site is busted today, so I couldn't truly fix those references. Added {{reflist}}, too. --plaws (talk) 22:16, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Someone should add that they are planning two 60 story tall twin towers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ChrisDVD (talk • contribs) 20:34, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Geolocator[edit]

The zoomed in image of the geolocator map is missing a red locator dot. When we zoom in, with no dot, the map is completely useless... If that's not an option, make the imbedded image more zoomed in. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.8.180.182 (talk) 18:08, 24 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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