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68 unusual facts about Montreal


Albert Tannenbaum

Tannenbaum followed Greenberg first to Montreal and then to Detroit before finally catching up to him in Los Angeles and killing him under the supervision of (and with the assistance of) the Syndicate's West Coast representative, Bugsy Siegel.

Alexander Harkavy

He achieved some acclaim in Montreal In Montreal among local Hebraists and admirers of Khovevei Tsion.

Ariane Moffatt

In an interview with Hour Moffatt explained that the effort had been inspired by her surrounds: "My studio is in Mile End, I live nearby as well, the neighbourhood is bilingual and so is the music scene I’m attracted to, which is very palpable around here," she told Hour.

Bayley Hazen Military Road

The Bayley–Hazen Military Road was a military road that was originally planned to run from Newbury, Vermont, to St. John's, Quebec, not far from Montreal.

Benjamin F. Feinberg

He died on February 6, 1959, in Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal, Canada, of kidney disease.

Bertrand Vac

Bertrand Vac was the nom de plume of Quebec novelist and surgeon Aimé Pelletier (b. Aug. 20, 1914, Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare, Quebec; d. July 23, 2010, Montreal).

Betty Broadbent

She worked in shops across the country including spaces located in Montreal, San Francisco and New York.

Buck Choquette

Choquette left home on foot in 1849 at the age of 19 and set out first for work in Montreal, then travelled via Duluth, Minnesota to Independence, Missouri, where he joined one of the many wagon trains bound for the California Gold Rush.

Burr conspiracy

During the War of 1812, he was posted to Canada where his only major offensive, a campaign against Montreal, was unsuccessful.

Later he moved with his family to Canada, where he practiced law and lived in Montreal.

Canada's Top 20 Countdown

Canada's Top 20 Countdown is a Canadian weekly syndicated radio chart program based out of Montreal, Quebec.

Cedres

Montréal/Les Cèdres Airport, general aviation aerodrome near Montreal, Quebec, Canada west of Vaudreuil-Dorion

Curse of the Fly

Martin Delambre (Baker) is driving to Montreal one night when he sees a young girl by the name of Patricia Stanley (Gray) running in her underwear.

Damul

Damul was invited for both the competition and participation sections at the Montreal, Chicago and Moscow film festivals.

Daniel Guilet

Guilet retired from performing in 1969, after which he taught at Indiana University, the Manhattan School of Music, the Royal Conservatory of Music in Montreal, Oklahoma University and Baylor University.

Death Defying Acts

When he says he does, they become romantically involved before Houdini leaves for his last performance, in Montreal.

Dornier Seastar

In May 2010, Dornier Seaplane announced that it would build the Seastar in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, about half an hour away from Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Errol Crossan

Born in Montreal, Crossan's family moved to the Isle of Man when he was eight, before returning to Canada in 1949, where he began his career with the Marpole Athletic Club.

Flodder

The name Lavigueur was taken from a Montreal working-class family who had made headlines in 1986 after winning what was then the largest jackpot ever awarded in a Canadian lottery.

Garbage Bowl

Many famous Montreal gridiron members of the past, present and future have either played with or coached Garbage Bowl teams.

Givi Javakhishvili

In 1958 he was a head of Georgian delegation to World Fair EXPO in Brussels, Belgium and in 1967 in Montreal, Canada.

Gordon's School

Hannah Russell (attended Gordon's School 2007-2012), British Paralympic Swimming silver medalist in the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games and World Champion at the 2013 IPC Swimming Championships in Montreal, Canada.

Hypolite Dupuis

He was born in LaPrairie de la Madeleine, near present-day Montreal in lower Canada.

Intria Items

Montreal, QC (Currency, Information, Remittance and Cheque)

Je ne vous oublie pas

The music video was filmed and directed by Didier Kerbrat in Montreal's Imperial Theatre in July 2005, and released in September 2005.

Jean-Louis Besnard

Jean-Louis Besnard (dit Carignant) (November 22, 1734 – December 3, 1791) was a merchant trader based out of Montreal.

Jean-Talon railway station

Jean-Talon station replaced the Mile End railway station, which was located near the corner of Saint Laurent Boulevard and Bernard Street.

Jessie Robertson

Robertson was a foundation member (1946) of the Business and Professional Women's Club of Perth, leading the Australian delegation to the seventh international congress at Montreal in 1956.

John C. Becket

John C. Becket (May 14, 1810 - September 5, 1879) was a Scottish born printer who practiced his craft in Montreal after 1832.

John Wilson McConnell

As well, he was made a governor of McGill University in 1927 and of the Royal Victoria Hospital the following year, both institutions benefiting greatly from his generosity.

Jonathan Beaulieu-Bourgault

Born in Montreal, Quebec, he helped FC St. Pauli gain promotion from the Regionalliga Nord to the 2. Bundesliga during the 2006–07 season, after being forced to sit out the prior season due to a broken leg.

Joseph La France

Joseph La France, (c. 1707 – c. 1745), was a Metis fur trader in Canada, and an explorer of the inland route from Montreal to Hudson Bay.

KIMEP University

In 1998 the International Executive Center was created with the help of McGill University, Montreal.

Lady Meredith House

The shipowner and financier, Andrew Allan, purchased one these plots just south of the fourteen acre plot purchased by his brother, Sir Hugh Allan, on which Ravenscrag was completed in 1863.

Leslie McFarlane

As part of the NFB in Montreal, he wrote and directed documentaries and short dramas including the 1951 documentary Royal Journey, Here's Hockey, a 1953 documentary about ice hockey featuring Montreal Canadiens star Jean Beliveau.

Louis Metcalf

In 1946 Metcalf moved to Montreal and formed the International Band, the first to play the nascent bebop style in Canada.

Louis-Hector de Callières

The treaty of Montreal (1701), agreed to by representatives of all the tribes, was the crowning result of all his efforts.

Martin Kevan

Martin Kevan (March 19, 1947, Nairobi, Kenya – May 1, 2013, Montreal, Canada) was a Canadian actor, voice actor, and author.

Massawippi Valley Railway

While the rail line from Newport southward remains in operation as the Washington County Railroad, the only onward Canadian rail connection at Newport is westward through Richford, Vermont via a branch of the now-bankrupt Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway which joins that company's mainline between Cowansville and Farnham, Quebec.

Maurice Pollack

The Foundation has also funded the Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital in Montreal, and the Pollack Cultural Centre at Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom (Westmount, Quebec).

Meals on Wheels

There are dozens of independent meals on wheels in Montreal, one of the largest and most innovative is the unique intergenerational Santropol Roulant, an organisation operated mainly by young volunteers in central Montreal neighbourhoods.

Metaform

After The Breakouts, Metaform met 4X-ampL (who now resides in Montreal) in an audio engineering class.

Michener Award

2009: The Montreal Gazette for reporting on the mismanagement of a water management project in Montreal.

Moe Hurwitz

Sergeant Samuel Moses "Moe" Hurwitz, DCM, MM, was born and raised in Montreal, Canada, as one of thirteen children, most of whom served in the war.

Montreal-Est Rangers

The second game saw the Action playoff against the Fort William North Stars of Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Murder at Cherry Hill

Whenever they communicated in jail, Elsie reminded him that had he not confessed, the two might have gotten off scot-free in Montreal, as they had been planning to escape there.

New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light

Stetson's parts on New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light were performed and recorded live without overdubs or loops in various studios in Montreal, where he had wanted to use the large rooms to provide more reverb.

Oxford Park

Oxford Park, Montreal, a park in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce district in Montreal

Partenair Mystere

While departing Montréal/Les Cèdres Airport, the Rotax 912 engine failed and the aircraft impacted the ground, killing both occupants.

Pei Hwa High School

The students of carpentry class represented Malaysia to take part in The 35th WorldSkills International Competition in Montreal, Canada in 1999.

Pierre Bourgault

In his early life, he was a journalist at Montreal newspaper La Presse, and he returned to this publication in the 1990s as a columnist for Le Journal de Montréal newspaper.

Pierre Foretier

He was born in Montreal in 1738, the son of a shoemaker who died when Pierre was nine.

Poul Ove Jensen

On December 2, 2013, Jensen was announced as the consultant for the firms that will replace the Champlain Bridge linking Montreal and Brossard, Quebec, Canada.

Queen Mary Road

This addition increased vehicular traffic in the neighbourhood of Snowdon.

RAF Ferry Command

The practice of ferrying aircraft from US manufacturers to the UK was begun by the Atlantic Ferry Organization ("Atfero") set up by Morris W. Wilson, a banker in Montreal.

Ramon Lazkano

A Sasakawa Foundation Scholarship allowed him to follow the studies of composition and analysis in Montreal with Gilles Tremblay.

Reg Kesler

He supplied stock to rodeos and events across Canada, including the 1967 World Exposition in Montreal, the same year he officially retired from competition, and a number of rodeos across the United States.

Rene Alexandre LeMoyne

He married on February 2, 1712, in Montreal, on his certificate are the names: Chavalier Claude de Ramezay (Governor of the Island of Montreal), Alexis de Fleury (Conseiller du Roi) and Louis D'Ailleboust (Escuyer (Squire), Sieur d'Argenteuil).

River surfing

The Habitat 67 standing wave in the Lachine Rapids in Montreal, named for its location adjacent to the Habitat 67 housing complex, has become a popular destination for river surfing.

Robertine Barry

Robertine Barry (26 February 1863 – 7 January 1910), pseudonym Françoise, was an early French Canadian journalist and publisher and a popular member of Montreal society.

See This Movie

The entire film was shot in only thirteen days, in Los Angeles and in Montreal during and with the cooperation of the actual 2003 Montreal World Film Festival.

Strickland v. Sony

Just before leaving the case, Thompson filed a motion with the court, quoting noted designer Warren Spector (Deus Ex, Thief) as being critical of Rockstar's actions, taken from a speech Spector gave at the Montreal International Game Summit.

The Midnight Meat Train

The film's original director, Patrick Tatopoulos, originally planned to shoot the film in 2005 in New York City and Montreal.

Transsystemic

For example, at the McGill University Faculty of Law in Montreal, Quebec, Quebec civil law and Canadian common law are taught at the same time in the same courses in a non-comparative manner.

Veeranna Aivalli

He is widely remembered for being the Chairman of the Aviation Security Audit Programme in the International Civil Aviation Organisation, the specialized agency of the United Nations at Montreal.

Walter D. O'Hearn

A versatile writer and editor, he wrote book reviews for The New York Times, did analytical reporting from the United Nations and produced whimsical pieces about two denizens of Montreal's Point St. Charles – Mrs. Harrigan and Mrs. Mulcahy – discussing the vital issues of the day, which were published in the Montreal Star and later issued in book form.

Wicker Park, Chicago

However, the filming of this movie was done on location in Montreal, Quebec.

William Munroe Archibald

He was educated at McGill University, Montreal, where he graduated in 1897 with an engineering degree.


A Simple Plan

Simple Plan, a pop punk band formed in 1999 in Montreal, Canada

Aldo Group

The company was founded by Aldo Bensadoun in Montreal, Quebec, in 1972, where its corporate headquarters remain today.

Apostolic Vicariate of Keewatin

There were in the vicariate in the early 20th century 15 Oblate Fathers of Mary Immaculate, 8 Oblate Brothers of Mary Immaculate, 12 Grey Nuns (Montreal), 16 Oblate Sisters of the Sacred Heart and Mary Immaculate (St. Boniface), 4 more Grey Nuns (St. Hyacinth), 10 churches with 16 out-stations; 11,000 Indians, Dene, Cree and Eskimo, of whom 7000 were Catholics and 5000 non-Catholics or pagans (chiefly Eskimo).

Bagel

In modern times, Canadian-born astronaut Gregory Chamitoff is the first person known to have taken a batch of bagels into space on his 2008 Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station.

Ceuta Heliport

Destinations include more than one hundred cities in Europe (mainly in the United Kingdom, Central Europe and the Nordic countries) but also the main cities of Eastern Europe: Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Budapest, Sofia, Warsaw, Riga and Bucharest), North Africa, the Middle East (Riyadh, Jeddah and Kuwait) and North America (New York, Toronto and Montreal).

Chloe Davies

In 2013 Davies was again selected for the British team, this time for the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships in Montreal.

Colonial Airlines

By 1956, Colonial's executive offices were on Park Avenue in New York City and it was flying several routes including five daily nonstop DC-4 flights between LGA and Montreal.

Colton-Pierrepont Central School

The Foreign Language club has taken annual trips to Montreal, QC, Canada since 2006.

Concrete canoe

The 2008 National Concrete Canoe Competition was held in Montreal, Quebec and hosted by École de technologie supérieure.

Culture of Montreal

A recent addition to Montreal's museum scene is the Montreal Science Centre located in the Old Port, and featuring many hands-on experiments in various fields of science.

David Maley

Maley was a part of the University of Wisconsin–Madison team that won the NCAA Division I hockey championship in 1983, and a member of the Montreal Canadiens when they won the Stanley Cup in 1986.

David Ross McCord

He was the fourth child of John Samuel McCord (1801-1865), Judge of the Supreme Court, and Anne Ross, a daughter of David Ross (1770-1837) Q.C., of Montreal, Seigneur of St. Gilles de Beaurivage.

Franco Dragone

In the 1980s Dragone came to Montreal, Canada, where Guy Caron, director of the National Circus School, invited him to conduct workshops with the students and teachers at his school.

GO Transit

The design was created by Gangon/Valkus, a Montreal-based design firm that was also responsible for the corporate identities of Canadian National and Hydro-Québec.

Guy Street

Concordia University's Integrated Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Complex is located on this street, as is the John Molson School of Business building.

Gyro tower

Spirale,La Ronde,Montreal,Quebec,Canada (Opened in 1967 double cabin)

Harald Schmid

Schmid won bronze with the 4x400 m relay team at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal as well as an individual bronze in 400 m hurdles at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in 1984.

Helen King

King graduated from Queen's University Department of Drama in 1994, moving to Montreal in 1995.

Henry Lundy

Lundy returned to the ring five weeks later, again on ESPN, with a unanimous decision win over Omri Lowther in Montreal, Quebec – a fight Lundy agreed to take on just three days’ notice.

Idiots of Ants

In 2009 Idiots of Ants performed at the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival and the Edinburgh Festival where their show 'Idiots of Ants: This is War' was nominated for an Eddie (Edinburgh Comedy Awards).

Jean-François Pouliot

He was born in Montreal and studied at Concordia University.

Joseph Périnault

In 1765, with Montreal merchant Pierre Foretier, he purchased a large part of the seigneury of Île-Bizard and the sub-fief of Closse, later selling his share to Foretier.

Lawrence Bergman

He also received several honors for his service among the Jewish Community while he was a council member of the Montreal Jewish Community, an honorary president of the Montreal's Jewish community centres and the director of Magen David Adom for Israel.

Les Surveillantes

After their success in the Réseau National des Galas de la chanson, the group performed at many festivals, including Coup de Coeur francophone Montreal, and Winnipeg in November 2009, and in 2010 the Festival Vue sur la Relève at Montreal in 2010, the Chicane Albertaine at Nordegg, and the Festival international de la chanson de Granby (out of contest).

Madagascar at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Mathieu Razanakolona born in Montreal of Malagasy descent, finished 39th out of more than 70 starters in the men's giant slalom.

Madame le Corbeau

On September 9, 1949, Rita Guay was scheduled to board Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 108, a Douglas DC-3 aircraft, at L'Ancienne-Lorette, a suburb of Quebec City, Quebec, where it made a scheduled stopover during a flight from Montreal to Baie-Comeau.

Montreal Chinese Hospital

In 1919 or 1920, the Chinese community in Montreal acquired a former synagogue, to serve as their permanent hospital, located at 112 De la Gauchetière Street (it is now a commercial building), in present day Chinatown.

Montreal Metropolitan Commission

The Montreal Metropolitan Commission (known in French as the Commission métropolitaine de Montréal) was a former authority that was involved in municipal affairs affecting the urbanized part of the Island of Montreal.

Montréal Québec Temple

The temple serves more than 12,200 church members from the Montréal; Ottawa, Ontario; Montpelier, Vermont; and upstate New York areas.

Montreal Royals

In 1928, George Stallings, a former Major League Baseball executive and Southern United States plantation owner, formed a partnership with Montreal lawyer and politician, Athanase David, and Montreal businessman, Ernest Savard, to resurrect the Montreal Royals.

My Life Me

The episodes were animated using ToonBoom Harmony, and the animation was split episodically between Toutenkartoon in Montreal, Canada, and Caribara in Angoulême, France.

Nepheline syenite

Rocks of this class also occur in Brazil (Serra de Tingua) containing sodalite and often much augite, in the western Sahara and Cape Verde Islands; also at Zwarte Koppies in the Transvaal, Madagascar, São Paulo in Brazil, Paisano Pass in West Texas and Montreal, Canada.

Normand Cherry

In early 1990, Cherry took part in plans to modernize the manufacturing firm Valmet-Dominion Inc. (a unit of the Finnish company Valmet) and relaunch its corporate office in Montreal.

North Shore Lions

The North Shore Lions football organization is currently a member of the QBFL (Quebec Bantam Football League) operating in the West Island of Montreal, Canada.

P. J. Stock

On February 3, 2010, Stock joined the morning show team of Chantal Desjardins and Pete Marier on CHOM-FM in Montreal.

Peter P. Silvester

After a period of industrial practice, he continued his studies at the University of Toronto, obtaining the MASc in 1958, and then at McGill University (Montreal), where he was awarded the PhD in Electrical Engineering, in 1964.

Punk the Vote!

Roach and Starbuck, two hardcore punks from Montreal, try to form their own political party, but run out of time due to Canada's electoral process.

Quartier des Spectacles

The area is now home to many of Montreal's major festivals, including the Montreal International Jazz Festival, the Francofolies and the Just for Laughs comedy fest.

Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion

Several days later, thanks to an electronic device found on Caze's body, Fateh Kamel, head of a terrorist cell in Montreal was arrested in Jordan and tried in France.

Repentigny, Quebec

Repentigny and Charlemagne are the first towns off the Eastern tip of the island of Montreal.

Robert Harwood

He was educated at the Collège Saint-Sulpice in Montreal, and became a Captain in the Vaudreuil Militia, also serving as a warden for the County of Vaudreuil.

Robert Layton

In the 1980s, he joined the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, and was elected to the Federal Parliament in the 1984 election from the Quebec riding of Lachine, covering suburban communities on the west end of the island of Montreal.

Rolling highway

This corridor is normally truck serviced on the Interstate 75, Ontario Highway 401, Quebec Autoroute 20 line, but this route becomes heavily congested in several areas, especially around Toronto and Montreal.

RPM Challenge

In 2007, several well-known websites and media outlets picked up the story, and participation increased to over 2400 acts from such varied locations as Tokyo, Auckland, Montreal, Antarctica and Oslo.

Sophie Atkinson

Taking advantage of Canadian Pacific’s free passes to artists and writers, she travelled from British Columbia through Canada to Calgary, Ottawa and Montreal.

Steven Lett

Steven Lett (born 1958) is an American diplomat and current head of the International Cospas-Sarsat Programme in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Tibor Bojati

He won a bronze medal in the K-4 10000 m event at the 1986 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Montreal in a team with Tibor Helyi, László Nieberl and Kálmán Petrovics.

Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831

Also killed was Charles Stone of Montreal, a former co-owner of the Canadian Football League's (CFL) Montreal Alouettes; his death occurred during the CFL's Grey Cup week in Vancouver.

Vladimir Atlantov

In 1967 Atlantov won the first prize at the 3rd International Competition in Sofia and the fourth prize winner at the International competition in Montreal.

Ward Moore

Five months after his birth in Madison, New Jersey, in the west suburbs of New York City, Moore moved with his parents to Montreal, where his mother's family lived.