MTB Base in Montreal???...

[Robert Bergeron]

Chemin de la Savanne and Bishop intersection is in Montréal proper not Longueuil.

[Wayne McGee]

Street names were taken right off Google Earth. Immediately adjacent to the runways of St Hubert, not Montreal. The location of the new City Hall for Longueuil is in fact in St Hubert (unless borders were changed), and I'm pretty sure it is sitting on the site of the FMC HQ bldg circa 1990

Cheers

Wayne

[Robert Bergeron]

You are absolutely right Wayne.

What was the name of the street in Montréal where 1 Mil District HQ was located ? A great mansion -like brick building ?

Someone remember ?

Bob

[Marc Montgomery]

To my knowledge the 112 ft Fairmiles were not built in Montreal. The Canadian Power Boat Company, built the Scott-Paine 70ft MTBs and RL (rescue launch)

in the pictures you can see them. in the one picture taken from behind you can just see the small iron drawbridge for the road beside the Lachine Canal The canal is right on the other side of the bridge. Boats leaving the basin would have had to make a fairly sharp turn into the canal.. location is actually not far from the current Atwater Market

go to google earth, and type in 4000 St Patrick then take the little man and put it on the red dot to get street view,. its actually a bit east of the red dot.
its a rather run down looking white building ..the gate has the number 4000 on it..this would have been the little channel from the boat basin leading out into the canal.. I suspect the original road would be where the bike path is today.

the other photo is from Camp Bouchard I took about ten years ago. these were the concrete remains of small filling rooms. if you look you can see the two side walls..the fourth back wall would have been the wooden exterior wall of the building covering the various filling chambers..the idea being that with the three concrete walls, the front inside the building and the two side walls, if there was an explosion it would go up through the roof and out through the back and not take out the adjoining chambers or the rest of the operation inside the building,

The various buildings were spread far apart from each other. the operation was huge and covered a couple of sq km or more.. At the time when wandering through the brush, you might come across a fire hydrant.

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Originally Posted by Robert Bergeron

You are absolutely right Wayne.

What was the name of the street in Montréal where 1 Mil District HQ was located ? A great mansion -like brick building ?

Someone remember ?

Bob

How about Atwater?

[Robert Bergeron]

Terry you are right: Atwater !

Wonder whatever happened to that building ?

Thanks, you saved the day.

robert

[Robert Bergeron]

Great pictures Marc !

Thanks.

robert

[Dan Martel]

Again, referring to notes I took from "History of CFB Montreal and its Garrisons" by Castonguay. It was published in 1980. Anything further to that date, you guys will have to provide.


On 1 Mar 1942 the Sulpician property at 3530 Atwater Avenue was rented by DND for use by the Canadian Army as the Military District 4 CWAC Barracks. It was commanded by Brigadier E de B Panet and became known as St Sulpice Barracks. DND purchased the site from the Sulpicians on 10 May 1946. In 1946 the HQ of MD 4 moved from the Sun Life Building to Atwater Avenue and became HQ Quebec Command. Quebec Command was commanded by the following General Officers Commanding;

1946 - 1948 Major General EJ Renaud
1948 - 1951 Major General ROG Morton
1951 - 1957 Major General PE Bernatchez
1957 - 1961 Major General JM Rockingham
1961 - 1965 Major General JF Fleury
1965 - 1966 Brigadier M Lahaie (acting GOC)

CFB Montreal was formed on 1 Apr 1966. Its HQ was located at the Atwater Garrison (all of the locations within the purview of CFB Montreal were now designated as garrisons, eg Longue-Pointe Garrison).

On the same date HQ Quebec Command (an Army formation) was disbanded and its duties taken over by HQ Eastern Area (a new Canadian Forces formation). From 1966 to 1970 three Brigadier / Brigadier Generals commanded Eastern Area; Brigadier LF Trudeau, Brigadier General RA Reid and Brigadier General JAG Sevigny.

HQ Eastern Area became QG Secteur de l’Est (Milice) or HQ Eastern Militia Area in 1970.

CFB Montreal HQ moved from the Atwater Garrison to St Hubert Garrison on 15 Aug 1974.

The renamed Atwater Armoury became a part of the Longue-Pointe Garrison. Located at Atwater Armoury (Note: as of 1980) are the Headquarters for No 1 (Montreal) Militia District, No 2 (Montreal) Militia District, and the Quartier-général, Secteur de l’Est Milice (Headquarters, Eastern Militia Area).

The Atwater building was redesignated as Pierre le Moyne d’Iberville Armoury.


As I said, you guys will have to fill in the rest.

Cheers,
Dan.