Laflèche (; originally known as Mackayville) is a neighbourhood in the Saint-Hubert

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of the city of

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Neighbourhood

Laflèche is primarily a densely populated residential neighbourhood. It is largely low-income, and similar to Ville LeMoyne and other parts of the

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borough. Most buildings in the area are single-family homes, but there are also many small apartment buildings scattered throughout the neighbourhood. Boulevard Taschereau, Boulevard Édouard and Chemin de la Grande Allée are the main arteries in Laflèche, and all three feature numerous businesses. Laflèche is reputed for its small house built with tar up planks taken from the

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industry. A good proportion of the first inhabitants of the neighbourhood worked at the

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, which made it easier for workers to carry large pieces of wood in Laflèche to build houses. The oldest house of the neighborhood is on Duke street. It was built at the end of the 19th century.

History

Laflèche is a neighbourhood that was built mostly between 1930 and 1960. During the beginning of the 20th century, the territory was part of the Saint-Antoine de Longueuil Parish. Originally known as St-Lambert Heights, the name of the land was changed to Mackayville in honour of a

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who managed the development of the land in the 1920s. With the opening of Jacques-Cartier Bridge in 1930 and the steadily increase of cars, many Montreal working families moved to the South Shore, including Mackayville.

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had a tram stop in Mackayville at the corner Grande-Allée and Edouard. The building, which eventually became a Perette

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, still exists today. Mackayville became an independent city in 1947 at the same time as neighbouring Ville Jacques-Cartier. Mackayville got its first sewer in 1956. The city changed its name to Laflèche on March 5, 1959. It later merged with the city of St. Hubert in October 1971, when its population was about 15,000. Throughout the 1970s, Laflèche was nicknamed ''petit Saint-Henri de la Rive-Sud'' (the little

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of the South Shore) because its inhabitants were viewed as being rough.

Demographics

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, the district of Laflèche was estimated to have just under 17,000 people. This makes it around the same size as the neighbouring borough of Greenfield Park. The below figures are based on the three census tracts that form Laflèche. Language
From

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Government

The

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and

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of Laflèche were located at the corner of Boulevard Grande-Allée and Rue Georges.

Mayors

Education

The

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previously served the municipality.King, M.J. (Chairperson of the board).
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(St. Johns, PQ). ''

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''. Volume 119, No. 5. Thursday December 16, 1965. p. 2. Retrieved from

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on November 23, 2014.

Geographic Location

Laflèche is bordered by Boulevard Taschereau to the west, Route 116 to the north, Boulevard Kimber to the east and Rue Soucy to the south.

References

External links

Marigot.ca

Laporte Socioeconomic data
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lafleche, Quebec Former municipalities in Quebec Neighbourhoods in Longueuil Populated places established in 1947 1947 establishments in Quebec Populated places disestablished in 1971