This documentary presents the history of the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve neighborhood of Montreal, where workers were building boats, trains and submarines.

The Main has been a refuge for successive waves of immigrants. The first street drawn across the island of Montreal, it is the traditional boundary between Anglophones and Francophones.

This film witnesses the impact of the river on the city of Montréal. It tells of the importance of the port, one of the richest in the middle of the nineteenth century.

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Montrealers have close ties to Mount Royal, and the mountain has even given its name to the city. Montreal is built around the mountain.