User:KYOSOH/Mount Royal

The idea of building the Town of Mount Royal originated in 1910 and was conceptualized by the owners of the Canadian Northern Railway as a means of generating funds for the tunnel to be built under the mountain. At the time, the owners of the Canadian Northern Railway were Mackenzie, Mann & Co., who were also the railroad contracting firm leading construction of the three-mile tunnel to give the railway much needed access to downtown Montreal. Initial development began in 1911, but the town did not begin to see prosperity in residents until completion and opening of the tunnel in 1918.