Cité du Havre is a

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in the borough of Ville-Marie of the city of

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, Canada. It is located on a narrow man-made peninsula, the Mackay Pier (''Jetée Mackay''), which was largely built to protect the

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from the currents of the

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and from ice banks and floodings in the springtime. The 775 residents live in one of three modern residential buildings,

Habitat 67 HABITAT 67, or simply Habitat, is a housing complex at Cité du Havre, on the Saint Lawrence River, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, designed by Israeli-Canadian architect Moshe Safdie. It originated in his master's thesis at the School of Architectu ...

, Tropiques Nord and Profil-O. The rest is mostly put to light industrial use and constitutes the last functioning part of Montreal's 'Old Port', while modern port functions take place far further downstream in the north-east of the island. It is one of the few neighbourhoods in the borough where there is room for new construction and development.

History

Cité du Havre arbour Cityis a modern concept, and constitutes what is effectively a modern development of the geography of Montreal. The area is for the most part only as old as the development of the

Expo 67 The 1967 International and Universal Exposition, commonly known as Expo 67, was a general exhibition from April 27 to October 29, 1967. It was a category One World's Fair held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is considered to be one of the most su ...

site, which involved using rubble pulled from the development of the

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to extend the eastern part of the island, facing the

. The Mackay Pier (''Jetée Mackay''), an entirely man-made peninsula begun in 1891, was completed between 1898 and 1900 and named at first Guard Pier. The Mackay Pier was chosen in 1965 to become part of the site of Expo 67, and then renamed Cité du Havre.http://patrimoine.ville.montreal.qc.ca/inventaire/fiche_zone.php?affichage=fiche&civique=&voie=0&est_ouest=&appellation=&arrondissement=1&protection=0&batiment=oui&zone=oui&lignes=25&type_requete=si&id=1142 ''Grand répertoire du patrimoine bâti de Montréal''. Sector file: Cité du Havre. City of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Expo 67

The peninsula was extended and connected by Pont de la Concorde to

Saint Helen's Island Saint Helen's Island (french: Île Sainte-Hélène) is an island in the Saint Lawrence River, in the territory of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It forms part of the Hochelaga Archipelago. It is situated immediately offshore from Old Mont ...

for Expo 67. Along with Saint Helen's Island and the artificial

Île Notre-Dame Notre Dame Island (french: Île Notre-Dame) is an artificial island in the Saint Lawrence River in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is immediately to the east of Saint Helen's Island and west of the Saint Lawrence Seaway and the city of Saint-Lambert ...

, Cité du Havre was the site for Expo 67 pavilions including the

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's International Broadcast Centre, the thematic pavilions "Man in the Community" & "Man and his Health", the Expo 67 Administration Center (now the

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building), and the

residential complex.

Recent development

Today it also features Dieppe Park (formerly known since 1992 until 2017 as Parc de la Cité-du-Havre), which was a filming location for the 2001 film '' The Score''.

References

External links

Cité du Havre
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