Atwater Market is a

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located in the

Saint-Henri Saint-Henri () is a neighbourhood in southwestern Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in the Montreal borough, borough of Le Sud-Ouest. Saint-Henri is bounded to the east by Atwater Avenue, to the west by the town of Montreal West, Quebec, Montreal West, ...

area of

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. It opened in 1933. The interior market is home to many butchers and the

Première Moisson Première Moisson is a chain of artisanal bakeries mostly operating in Quebec, Canada, with one store at the University of Ottawa. It focuses on high-quality French breads and pastries. The company follows a model whereby various doughs are prep ...

bakery and restaurant. The outside market has many farmers' stalls, which sell both local and imported produce, as well as two cheese stores, a wine store and a fish store. The market's

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building was designed by architect

Ludger Lemieux Ludger Lemieux (February 9, 1872 – October 27, 1953) was a Quebec architect who designed a number of notable Art deco structures in Montreal's Saint-Henri district. While he often worked in partnership with Joseph-Honoré MacDuff, his best ...

, working with his son, Paul Lemieux. It is located on

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, near the

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, as well as Greene Avenue. A pedestrian bridge, which can also be used by bicycles, connects the market to Saint-Patrick Street and to a bicycle path in

Pointe-Saint-Charles Pointe-Saint-Charles (; also known in English as Point Saint Charles, and locally as The Point, or "PSC") is a neighbourhood in the borough of Le Sud-Ouest in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Historically a working-class area, the creation o ...

on the other side of the Lachine Canal. The presence of this bridge explains the popularity of this market with bike riders, who often stop there, and contributes to the summer ambiance of the area. The bike path travels from the

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to the Lachine Marina and is owned and maintained by

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. The area immediately east and west of the market has experienced

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, with a number of upscale condominiums being built right on the Lachine Canal, causing rent prices in the area to increase rapidly. Since the Lachine Canal reopened in 2002, residential property values in the Southwest borough have shot up by 61%, according to Montreal's 2006 property valuation roll, with the highest growth happening around the Atwater Market.

Origin of the name

Atwater Market takes its name from the adjacent Atwater Street, which was named in 1871 after

Edwin Atwater Edwin Atwater (September 14, 1808 – June 18, 1874) was a Canadian businessman, corporate director and municipal politician in Montreal. He started a business dealing paints, varnish and plate-glass, and was the first business to import glass i ...

(1808–1874), a municipal alderman of the district of Saint-Antoine.

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Origin of the name

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