Ahuntsic-Cartierville

Ahuntsic-Cartierville (French pronunciation: [aɔntsɪk kaʁt͡sjevɪl] (local accent)) is a borough (arrondissement) of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Ahuntsic-Cartierville is located in the north end of Montreal, on the banks of the Rivière des Prairies.

It was the original site of Fort Lorette, a trading post and mission for the conversion of the First Nations people of the area.

It grew prosperous in the 18th century with the construction of a mill on the rapids on the Rivière des Prairies (from which the village derives its name: Sault-au-Récollet, or Recollet Falls).

Cartierville grew as a suburb when it became in 1898 the north terminus of the Montreal Park and Island Railway tramway line, also known as the "17-Cartierville".

Two years later, the rural and agricultural part of Cartierville was granted independence from the city and was then known as Ville de Saraguay.

The municipality of the Village of Ahuntsic was founded on January 21, 1897, by a proclamation of the Quebec provincial government.

The council of the new village operated until 1910, when the province passed laws creating the charter of the City of Montreal.

It was only in 1964, that Saraguay joined itself to the City of Montreal under law 2926 approved by the lieutenant-governor of the province of Quebec.

[8] Ahuntsic-Cartierville is served by three stations on the north-eastern part of the Montreal Metro's Orange line which runs underneath Berri Street.

The borough is also served by four commuter rail stations of the Réseau de transport métropolitain.

Main streets or boulevards include Henri-Bourassa, Fleury, Sauvé, L'Acadie, Chabanel, Gouin, Saint-Laurent, Saint-Denis, Salaberry.

The Orioles de Montréal baseball team of the Ligue de Baseball Élite du Québec play their home games at Gary Carter Stadium (formerly Marcel-Clement Field) located in Ahuntsic Park.

Workers spreading asphalt in Sault-au-Récollet about 1930.
Sainte-Madeleine-Sophie-Barat Church / Saint-Maron Cathedral.