Sault-au-Récollet (English: Recollet Rapids) is a neighbourhood in Montreal. It is located in the eastern edge of the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville, bordering the Rivière des Prairies. Autoroute 19 connects Sault-au-Récollet to Laval. The neighbourhood was designated as a heritage site by the City of Montreal in 1992.[1]
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![]() ![]() Recollet Rapids Location of Sault-au-Récollet in Montreal | |
Coordinates: 45.57764°N 73.64582°W / 45.57764; -73.64582 | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
City | Montreal |
Borough | Ahuntsic-Cartierville |
The Church of the Visitation at Sault-au-Récollet is the oldest church on the Island of Montreal and was built between 1749 and 1752.
The streetcar suburb was annexed by Montreal to from the former borough of Ahuntsic-Bordeaux in 1918. A housing boom, mostly made up of multiplexes, followed in the 1940s and 1950s.
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