1897 Bike Map of Montreal (doesn't list Verdun in the info)

               you would think that Verdun having a large bike track that when this map was made they don't even list Verdun in the info area. They do show on the map (according to the maps legend) that there were 'roads' in Verdun area...  broken red line = roads continous redline = good roads (or something like that.

here is the info listed with this map:

 

Cote : CA601,S171,SS1,SSS2,D2-18-29 Centre : Montréal

Titre, Dates, Quantité
Bicycle Map of the Island of Montreal and Surrounding District . - Échelle env. 2 milles au pouce . - 1897
- 1 carte(s) : coul. ; 42 x 62,5 cm

Restriction(s)
Des restrictions s'appliquent sur une ou des unités de rangement. Consulter le panorama 'Contenants' pour lire le libellé des restrictions.

Portée et contenu
Cette carte montre les pistes routières pour cyclistes de l'île de Montréal et des districts environnants. Les meilleures routes sont indiquées par des tirets rouges alors que les routes normales le sont par une ligne rouge continue.

Elle situe aussi l'emplacement des endroits suivants : le pont Victoria; le St. Lawrence Yacht Club; les canaux de Beauharnois et Lachine; les hôtels Harvey (Lachine), Lake View (Lachine) et Péloquin (Montréal); les îles à l'Aigle, Bizard, Bordon, Charon, de la Commune, Gros Bois, Héron, Jésus, Molson, de la Paix, Perrot, Saint-Bernard, Sainte-Hélène, Sainte-Thérèse, des Soeurs et de la Visitation; les lacs des Deux-Montagnes et Saint-Louis; les rapides de Lachine; les rivières L'Assomption, Mascouche et des Mille-Îles; les ruisseaux aux chiens,des Neiges et des Roches; les voies ferrées du Canadien Pacifique, du Grand Tronc, du Great Eastern Railway, du Montreal Island Belt-Line Railway et du Montreal Park & Island Railway .

État de conservation
Cette carte a été encapsulée.

Notes générales
Ce dossier portait autrefois la cote 2-18-30.

Termes rattachés
BEAUHARNOIS, DE (CANAL : BEAUHARNOIS-SALABERRY, QUEBEC)
BIZARD (ILE : MONTREAL, QUEBEC)
BOURDON (ILE : L'ASSOMPTION, QUEBEC)
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY
CHARRON (ILE : LONGUEUIL, QUEBEC)
CHEMIN DE FER DU GRAND TRONC
CHIENS, AUX (RUISSEAU : THERESE-DE-BLAINVILLE, QUEBEC)
COMMUNE, DE LA (ILE : LAJEMMERAIS, QUEBEC)
COMPAGNIE DU CHEMIN DE FER DU PARC ET DE L'ILE DE MONTREAL
DEUX-MONTAGNES, DES (LAC : DEUX-MONTAGNES, QUEBEC)
GRANDE ILE, LA (ILE : LAJEMMERAIS, QUEBEC)
GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY
GROSBOIS (ILE : LAJEMMERAIS, QUEBEC)
HERONS, AUX (ILE : MONTREAL, QUEBEC)
HOTEL HARVEY (BATIMENT : ARRONDISSEMENT LACHINE, MONTREAL, QUEBEC)
HOTEL LAKE VIEW (BATIMENT : ARRONDISSEMENT LACHINE, MONTREAL, QUEBEC)
HOTEL PELOQUIN (BATIMENT : MONTREAL, QUEBEC)
JESUS (ILE : LAVAL, QUEBEC)
L'ASSOMPTION (RIVIERE : L'ASSOMPTION, QUEBEC)
LACHINE, DE (CANAL : MONTREAL, QUEBEC)
LACHINE, DE (RAPIDES : MONTREAL, QUEBEC)
MASCOUCHE (RIVIERE : LES MOULINS, QUEBEC)
MILLE-ILES, DES (RIVIERE : LES MOULINS, QUEBEC)
MOLSON (ILE : LAJEMMERAIS, QUEBEC)
MONTREAL ISLAND BELT LINE RAILWAY
NEIGES, DES (RUISSEAU : MONTREAL, QUEBEC)
PAIX, DE LA (ILES : BEAUHARNOIS-SALABERRY, QUEBEC)
PERROT, ILE (VAUDREUIL-SOULANGES, QUEBEC)
PISTES CYCLABLES
   MONTREAL, DE (ILE : MONTREAL, QUEBEC)
ROCHES, DES (RUISSEAU : MONTREAL, QUEBEC)
ROYAL ST LAWRENCE YACHT CLUB HOUSE (BATIMENT : DORVAL, QUEBEC)
SAINT-LOUIS (LAC : ROUSSILLON, QUEBEC)
SAINTE-HELENE (ILE : MONTREAL, QUEBEC)
SAINTE-THERESE (ILE : MONTREAL, QUEBEC)
SOEURS GRISES, DES (ILE : ROUSSILLON, QUEBEC)
VICTORIA (PONT : MONTREAL, QUEBEC)
VINCENT, ARTHUR, 1867-1949
VISITATION, DE LA (ILE : MONTREAL, QUEBEC)
VOIES FERREES
   MONTREAL, DE (ILE : MONTREAL, QUEBEC)

Here are some other photo's relative to cycling in and around Montreal over the years:

Two gals on bikes on the Mount (or vice-versa lol)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D.D.McTaggart was a Montreal Bike Racer around the same years as the Verdun park would have been around,so he most likely raced there I would guess.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is an'Evolution of Bikes' by J.Antoine Pelletier

 

 

 

 

 

 

Montreal cycle race circa 1939

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cycle Race 1939 listed as College Laval

It seems Montreal really liked cycling,throughout the years.

 

 

 

 

 

Same year as previous photo 1939,but this race is clearly an organized street course race,ratherthan the oval flat track ,as seen in the other photos.

 

 

 

 

 

and. how's this Verdun Cycle Safety Course (I knew we could work Verdun in there,....that's the 'Connection'--lol

 

 

 

 

 

and here is the graduating class I guess

the Verdun Cycle Safety class of 1941

 

 

 

 

 

        There you go , a small contribution to the cycling topic of days gone by in Montreal.

           ........Cheers ! Have Fun & Remember Verdun..............................  -Les