SynonymsBot
Synonyms for hochelaga or Related words with hochelaga
kamouraska
pierrefonds
bellechasse
matane
soulanges
cartierville
ahuntsic
boucherville
outremont
laprairie
repentigny
beauharnois
joliette
caraquet
napierville
longueuil
montarville
bizard
yamaska
chambly
charlesbourg
assomption
memramcook
chicoutimi
yamachiche
argenteuil
dorion
papineauville
beauport
chomedey
arthabaska
louiseville
beloeil
montmagny
amqui
lachute
chaleur
maisonneuve
gouin
gatineau
coaticook
rouville
berthierville
papineau
dolbeau
saguenay
portneuf
westmount
lanoraie
pincourt
Examples of "hochelaga"
"
Hochelaga
" riding was recreated in 2003 from parts of
Hochelaga
—Maisonneuve and Laurier—Sainte-Marie ridings.
It was created in 1976 as "Maisonneuve" riding from parts of
Hochelaga
, Lafontaine and Maisonneuve—Rosemont ridings. It was renamed "
Hochelaga
—Maisonneuve" in 1978.
Jacques Cartier then visits
Hochelaga
, and notes its organisation:
Hochelaga
-Maisonneuve is now a neighbourhood of Montreal.
Mercier–
Hochelaga
-Maisonneuve is a borough of Montreal, Quebec.
Blanchard automatically served as a member of the Mercier–
Hochelaga
-Maisonneuve borough council during his term as city councillor for
Hochelaga
. After becoming mayor of Montreal, he automatically became mayor of the Ville-Marie borough council.
It was created for the 1912 election from part of
Hochelaga
electoral district. Its final election was in 1985. It disappeared in the 1989 election and its successor electoral district was
Hochelaga
-Maisonneuve.
On June 25, 2009, Réal Ménard announced that he would resign from the
Hochelaga
constituency effective September 16 to run as a Vision Montreal candidate for borough mayor of Mercier–
Hochelaga
-Maisonneuve in the fall 2009 municipal elections in Montreal.
The neighbouring ridings are Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, Papineau, Ahuntsic, Bourassa, Honoré-Mercier, and
Hochelaga
.
The Montreal Public Libraries Network operates the
Hochelaga
and Maisonneuve libraries.
In 1860,
Hochelaga
developed as a village counting a little more than 1000 inhabitants. In 1874, Hudon — a cotton factory- moved in. Two years later, the North railway was extended through
Hochelaga
(the railway was renamed the Canadian Pacific in 1881) further catalyzing its industrial development and encouraging urbanization. In December 1883,
Hochelaga
was annexed to the city of Montreal against the demands of proprietors in
Hochelaga
. In response, they founded the village Maisonneuve and in only 15 years Maisonneuve became the 5th industrial slum of Canada. However, the area flourished. By 1918, however, the area was saddled with debt and aging factories and infrastructure. It was annexed to Montreal the same year.
Peter-McGill Street in Mercier-
Hochelaga
-Maisonneuve borough is named after him.
Hochelaga
was a former provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada.
The Montreal Public Libraries Network operates the
Hochelaga
, Langelier, Maisonneuve, and Mercier libraries.
This riding was created in 1892 from parts of
Hochelaga
ridings.
Commissioned as a tender to HMCS "
Hochelaga
II" 1 November 1941
Île Bizard is an island near the Island of Montreal in the
Hochelaga
Archipelago region.
Named after the First Nations village of
Hochelaga
, encountered in 1535–36 by the explorer Jacques Cartier, the neighbourhood was at one time believed to be the location of the prehistoric village. Historians and anthropologists have not reached agreement on the location of
Hochelaga
, a village of the St. Lawrence Iroquoians, who spoke a Laurentian language and were distinct from the Iroquois nations of the "Haudenosaunee". Nevertheless, it is generally agreed that the village of
Hochelaga
was in the general area of what is downtown Montreal, near Mount Royal. Ironically, the village was not located in the vicinity of
Hochelaga
-Maisonneuve.
The Bank of
Hochelaga
was established in 1920 until 1924. Though not in operation for very long, it gave the townspeople excitement, when an attempted robbery occurred on May 24, 1922. On March 13, 1924 it was reported that the Lafleche Branch of the Bank of
Hochelaga
would be closed and accounts would be transferred to the Bank of
Hochelaga
in Gravelbourg. The closing of the Lafleche branch corresponded with changes that were occurring in Montreal at the time.
Mercier–
Hochelaga
-Maisonneuve is known as a bastion of support for the Vision Montreal party.