Old Lachine Canal looking east from approximately 18th Avenue.
Old Lachine Canal looking west from approximately 15th Avenue.
St Andrew's United, Manse (in foreground).
This was the church of our maternal grandparents. After his service in WW1 and after a series of jobs in Quebec's north, our grandfather was employed at Stelco in Lachine - near this church. According to an article in the Gazette in 2011 regarding this church's closing, there were only 22 members left and they chose to go their separate ways, rather than join with another congregation.
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| from: St. Andrews in Lachine closes its doors; Dec 26 2011, Montreal Gazette. |
and the building dates from 1832.
St Andrew's United, Manse (in foreground).
Although I missed a proper overlap, you can see the halls extending from the church. To the north of (behind) the church building was a hall which took 'overflow crowds' and provided piped-in sound. The kitchen is the single-storey rectangular addition to the right (with stairs). The large hall at the right included a stage and was used for Sunday School as was the lower level. The St Andrew's Scouts 'The Best in the West' met in the lower level.
Saints-Anges de Lachine.
As we exited little St Andrew's (beyond the left margin)
there was often an impressive display of
real Quebec bell-ringing from the spire of 'Holy Angels'.
This photo was hopelessly over-exposed when shot into the western sun, but it appears here because it provides a typical streetscape of Lachine - not including the replacement of the underground utilities and the torn up street. I remember taking this in the east end of Lachine. The firehall hose-drying tower resembles that near the City Hall on 18th Avenue. However, it was not possible to pinpoint the location via today's Google images.
After posting: Thank you to Gregory Prokopenko, a current resident of Lachine, who has located this photo at St Louis and 8th Avenue. It is great to hear from someone who enjoys these old photos!
