NEIGHBORHOOD
Canal
Lachine, Southwest borough (le Sud-Ouest) is adjacent to downtown
Montreal and provides quick access to several major highways. Whatever
the means of transport, home to work travel is easy and pleasant, especially
on the banks of the Lachine Canal! Beaulieu Street, located in the
Côte-St-Paul-Emard district (Read the article in La Presse, Dec. 3rd 2011), offers the tranquility and the green canopy
of a residential area, just minutes from all services and downtown
Montreal. (See map
of the area).
The suburbs
on the island!
SERVICES
- Monk Avenue: Food, liquor, pharmacy, post office,
restaurants, spa / beauty salon / hairdresser, Eddy pro bicycle shop,
Monk veterinary clinic, pet store
- Newman Boulevard: Carrefour Angrignon, Reno-Depot,
Canadian Tire, Loblaws, SAQ Selection, Linen Chest and other large
chain stores
- Maison de la Culture Marie-Uguay, library. Coming
soon: new cultural center with 400 seats! (Conversion of the Notre-Dame-du-Perpétuel-Secours
church and the presbytery), opening late 2012
- Caisse Desjardins Ville Émard
- Local Employment Centre (CLE)
- Eco-Centre: Eadie et Lasalle
- Schools: Elementary and secondary, many day care, Cégep André-Laurendeau
- Sports Complex Gadbois
- Atwater Market: Première Moisson, Fromagerie
Hamel, fish markets, SAQ Selection, Super C, Warshaw, etc.
- Health: Verdun Hospital, Douglas Hospital, CLSC,
nursing homes and other residences for the elderly. Coming soon:
McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) - Glen Campus (planned
for 2015)
TRANSPORT
- Car: 8 min. to downtown by Saint-Patrick Street,
direct access to Highway 20, near highways 10 and 15.
- Public transit: 30 min. to downtown via 36 or
37 bus, subway Monk or Jolicoeur (green line), via Place St-Henri
(orange line), Terminus Angrignon
- Communauto Stations: Monk/Jolicoeur,
Beaulieu/Allard
- Bike or roller blade: two minutes to the bike
path on beautiful Lachine Canal.
THE GREEN CANOPY
- Bicycle paths of the Lachine Canal, the St-Lawrence
banks and the Aqueduct
- Angrignon Park, one of the largest
urban parks in Montreal
- Ignace-Bourget Park, great family
park with many sports facilities, swimming pool, toboggan slope etc.
- Garneau Park, on the boulevard Monk, one of the
many neighborhood parks
- A pleasant green backstreet with many
small gardens
- Clean streets with mature trees
and well kept properties.
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