THANKS for stopping by, I do my best to acknowledge when someone leaves a comment,you do not have to be a member here & everyone is welcome. Ps: This site is monitored but not actively posting on a regular basis. Mostly these are stories & some photos saved from a defunct site known as Verdun Connections which was on MSN Groups initially then on a social network called Multiply.
Here are three more photos of Nun's Island showing the nun's residence and farm area. We never ventured to that part of the island and stuck to the western wooded part so that part was a mystery to us when growing up in Verdun.
The residence and farm area was concentrated situated at the south eastern part of the island
Another aerial view of nun's island showing the farmed eastern area of the island.
I have added these photos to my album no. 36.
Guy
This is a new residential project wich started on the 13th of january called EVOLO condominiums situated on the north side of Nun's Island.
The cost of the units vary between $249,000 and $1.6 million consisting of 253 appartments in a 30 floor building, the highest ever built on the island, in case you are interested.
More details at www.evolo.ca
Guy
when your Rich ,there's no need to investigate minor stuff,like murder-suicide I guess lol!! Cheers!! HF&RV The other Redpath Mansion mystery What remains of the Redpath Mansion on du Musée Ave. has been saved for now, though the crumbling building's ultimate fate remains a mystery.
When I was researching the mansion, I stumbled upon another Redpath Mansion mystery.
This one involved a shocking murder in Montreal high society. It happened in a mansion on Sherbrooke St.
The Redpath Mansion Mystery was revived as part of an online series titled, Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History:
All that is certain is that two members of one of Canada's wealthiest families died from gunshot wounds on June 13, 1901. Ada Maria Mills Redpath, the 59-year old widow of industrialist John James Redpath, and her 24-year old son Jocelyn Clifford Redpath ("Cliff") were shot in Ada's bedroom in the Redpath mansion in Montreal's affluent Square Mile district. Beyond these facts it is difficult to know what happened.
We do know that the investigation was hasty. Apparently the police were not called. A coroner's investigation was opened, closed, and the bodies were buried within 48 hours of the shots being fired. By all accounts, the Redpath family never discussed the tragic events of 1901 among themselves or publicly.
Who shot whom and why? Why are there so many conflicting versions of the story? Why was the investigation perfunctory? In this whodunit you will encounter dead ends, closed doors, and intriguing mysteries as you search for the truth.
But the Redpath Mansion Mystery also opens doors. It reveals the lives of the super-wealthy in turn-of-the-century Montreal, as well as those of their servants. It shines a light on family loyalty and tensions, health and disease, and on the built world of mansions, hospitals, and monuments a century ago.
This is a story about a dramatic family tragedy and its setting.
This clipping from a Sept. 20, 1901 newspaper suggests the culprit was Clifford, who then committed suicide.
You can take a crack at solving the mystery here.
Here's a photo of that other Redpath Mansion, which was demolished in the 1950s:
Ron Picher who was born in Verdun and became a professional baseball player, born on the 22nd of may 1935 and died yesterday the 3rd of february 2011. I confess not being a baseball fan but since he was born in Verdun, I posted his photo from today's "La Presse" and baseball record in my album no. 13 wich is my sports section wich I am posting in a slideshow in the comment section
Guy
There were several train company's that helped build Montreal into a huge boom for the city, Grand Trunk, CPR,.and of course the CNR,...Here is one of the photo's that I always thought was pretty cool:
the Roundhouse shots are great as well: 
The Modern Day Cavalry to the Rescue: 
http://www.quebec511.gouv.qc.ca/en/cameras/montreal/
.........................................Cheers !! HF&RV
Was built in the late 60′s. In the 1930′s Mayor Wilson vowed that there would never be private development on the Verdun Waterfront. People used to swim in the river and there were two main boat clubs, but the Polio scare of the late 50′s sent people away from the river.The Auditorium and Natatorium were built as public works projects that were heavily used and loved by the Verdun citizenry. The Stadium was a place for track and field and minor football leagues among other events. When I was growing up it was a field with perhaps 30 rows of wooden bleachers for fans. Verdun in the 50′s and 60′s was a sports crazy city with numerous leagues in all sports – it was common this time of year to see kids in hockey uniforms walking to outdoor rinks where leagues were busy and the general rinks were always packed. The new stadium seemed like a logical idea and it was home to the Montreal Beavers of the Continental Football League in 1966-67 – American football played in Montreal! In ’67 Alouettes placekicker, Gino Berretta, joined the Beavers as it’s well known local star. The League folded after that season and the Stadium remained as an open venue until it was demolished in the ’90′s and one section was sold for a dollar to Concordia where it now stands on the Loyola campus. This paved the way for the condo projects that now stand there, themselves a tale of greed and rule bending discussed elsewhere on this blog.
Here are a couple of black and white infrared shots taken in the mid 80′s.
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Here is a photo of David Fannario who is promoting his book "Sans Parachute" wich is a french translation of his 1972 book "Without a Parachute" with Pointe St Charles as a backdrop. It is on the "Messager" site at http://www.messagerverdun.com/
Whiel you are there, check ouit my articles in section: Society/Souvenir de Verdun.
Guy
His story is posted on the Messager site
