Metropolitan Natures: Environmental Histories of Montreal

Figures and Tables

Figures 0.1. Borders and legal status of municipalities on the Island of Montreal, 1921 4 0.2. Evolution of the metropolitan region of Montreal 6 1.1. Map of Ville-Marie, Bénigne Basset 25 1.2. Map of 1729, Chaussegros de Léry 26 1.3. View of the city of Montreal in Canada, 1721 29 1.4. Plan of Montreal, 1761 30 1.5. Thomas Patten, A View of Montreal, Canada, 1760–1762 32 1.6. Edward Walsh, A View of the City of Montreal from McTavish’s Monument on the Top of the Mountain, 1806 33 2.1. “Le grand sault St-Louis,” from Samuel de Champlain, “The Voyages 1613. Book II: 1608–1612” 43 2.2. “Monte real,” from “La terra de Hochelaga nella Nova Francia” 46 2.3. “La Nouvelle France” 47 5.1. Map of Montreal, Louis Charland, 1801 87 Figures and Tables 5.2. Street with “packed” snow 88 5.3. Path of water flowing into underground sewers 95 5.4. Street grading and leveling 96 5.5. Reconfiguration of streets, from uniform to cambered surface 97 6.1. Montreal’s sewer network, 1897 112 7.1. McTavish Reservoir, 1873 119 7.2. “View of the City from the Royal Mount,” 1860 121 7.3. Map of Mount Royal reservoirs 122 7.4. McTavish Reservoir, 1957 128 7.5. Cross-section schematic of the Montreal water supply system, 1959 130 7.6. Postcard showing Beaver Lake, Mount Royal Park, ca. 1950 131 8.1. Montreal wards and the fifty-foot contour line, 1903 134 8.2. Ice jam at Montreal, 1865 137 8.3. Flooded shops of the Grand Trunk Railway, 1886 144 9.1. Building permits issued in Montreal, 1840–1940 150 9.2. Street layout of Montreal, 1846 151 9.3. Elevation and floor plan of house built ca. 1833, demolished 1891 152 9.4. Block layouts of mid-nineteenth-century Montreal 155 9.5. House of plank, built before 1852 156 9.6. Rows of flats of a construction type common in the 1890s 157 10.1. Decarie Expressway, 1967 173 10.2. Turcot Interchange, 1967 176 10.3. Laurentian Autoroute 180 11.1. Population of Montreal, 1851–1951 190 11.2. Map of districts on the Island of Montreal 191 11.3. Farms of more than ten acres on the Island of Montreal, 1840–1960 192 11.4. Average size of Montreal and Quebec farms, 1840–1960 193 11.5. Dairy herds on the Island of Montreal, 1840–1960 196 11.6. Main sources of income declared in 1940 197 11.7. Improved farmland on the Island of Montreal, 1840–1960 198 11.8. Livestock raised in Jacques Cartier County 200 11.9. Pastureland on the Island of Montreal 201 11.10. Hay production on the Island of Montreal 202 11.11. Map of regions of the Montreal Plain 205 11.12. Distribution of dairy herds in the Montreal Plain 206 12.1. Montreal Hunt Club at Mile End Road, 1859 214 12.2. Map of foxhunting territories on the Island of Montreal 217 13.1. Composite map of the region, including Kahnawake Mohawk territory 231 13.2. Postcard showing a view of the village of Kahnawake, ca. 1907 232 13.3. Topographical map of the region, 1909 237 13.4. Postcard showing a Kahnawake man and split-rail fence 239 14.1. Map of Beauharnois County, ca. 1915–1925 247 14.2. Aerial photo showing pattern of farm lots near Beauharnois, ca. 1930 248 14.3. Aerial photo of farms near the town of Beauharnois, ca. 1930 249 14.4. Map of Beauharnois County, ca. 1933–1936 253 Tables 11.1. Ratio of improved land to occupied land 194 11.2. Ratio of farms of more than ten acres in the district and county to the total for the Island of Montreal 195 11.3. Surface area occupied by orchards and market gardens, ratio of the district to the total for the Island of Montreal, 1851–1891 195 11.4. Surface area occupied by orchards and market garden, ratio of the district to the total for the Island of Montreal, 1921–1941 199 11.5. Average number of animals in dairy herd per owner in the Montreal Plain, 1861–1951 203 11.6. Surface area of market gardens in the Montreal Plain, 1931–1951 204 11.7. Surface area of orchards in the Montreal Plain...