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MONTREAL For years, Montreal-West and Cote-St-Luc s Meadowbrook Golf Course has lived on borrowed time, as developers fight the city for permission to build on it. While its future as a green space seems secure for now, a stretch of river on the property with historical signifiance is under threat. Before Europeans came to Montreal in the 16th century, dozens of brooks and rivers crisscrossed the island. Among them was the St-Pierre River, which flowed from Mount Royal to Old Montreal, through what would later become Outremont, Cote-St-Luc, Hampstead, Montreal West and Lachine “It was instrumental in the history of Montreal, said activist and history buff Louise Legault. “Under the French regime, the lots were aligned along rivers, (including the) St-Pierre River, you can see that.”
MONTREAL For years, Montreal-West and Cote-St-Luc s Meadowbrook Golf Course has lived on borrowed time, as developers fight the city for permission to build on it. While its future as a green space seems secure for now, a stretch of river on the property with historical signifiance is under threat. Before Europeans came to Montreal in the 16th century, dozens of brooks and rivers crisscrossed the island. Among them was the St-Pierre River, which flowed from Mount Royal to Old Montreal, through what would later become Outremont, Cote-St-Luc, Hampstead, Montreal West and Lachine “It was instrumental in the history of Montreal, said advocate and history buff Louise Legault. “Under the French regime, the lots were aligned along rivers, (including the) St-Pierre River, you can see that.”
Allison Hanes: Could recognizing rights for nature help save it? What s left of Montreal s historic St. Pierre River is little more than a polluted puddle these days but even that is in imminent peril.
Author of the article: Allison Hanes • Montreal Gazette
Publishing date: Apr 26, 2021 • 3 hours ago • 4 minute read • One of the rights we re asking for is the right to exist that s the very first one and then the right to flow and to flow without pollution, says Louise Legault on behalf of what s still visible of the St. Pierre River, seen behind her on the grounds of the Meadowbrook Golf Course. Photo by Allen McInnis /Montreal Gazette