A far cry from a dusty, old-school museum, Museum of Memories (MEM) is dedicated to the recollections and oral histories of ...
Once seen as a way to get ships past the Lachine rapids, the canal became one of the backbones of the early Canadian economy, ...
Iconic elements, such as the neon-red Farine Five Roses sign and the old Canada Malting silos, continue to dot the landscape.
The 14-kilometre Lachine Canal, which opened in 1825, was built largely by Irish immigrants, who settled in the neighbourhood now called Griffintown.