Pointe Saint-Charles

Pointe-Saint-Charles (known locally as simply The Point) is a neighbourhood in the borough of Le Sud-Ouest in city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located between the Saint Lawrence River and the Lachine Canal.

Pointe-Saint-Charles was one of Canada's first industrial slums. [http://www.quebecheritageweb.com/trail/trail_details.aspx?&trailId=33] The majority of its residents were Irish along with a sizeable English and Scots immigrant population. The neighbourhood is today one of the most ethnically diverse in Canada and in the World. It was an ethnic Irish Catholic enclave, home to many industrial workers in the 19th and 20th centuries. More recently, the neighbourhood has undergone gentrification.

The neighbourhood is served by the Charlevoix metro station.

In federal elections, Pointe-Saint-Charles is part of the Jeanne-Le Ber riding.

Pointe-Sainte-Charles also served as the setting for the 2006 movie "The Point", a drama that takes place over one weekend about the stories of thirty-five teenagers and a mystery that haunts their neighbourhood. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0485026/plotsummary]

References

* [http://www.histoire-pointesaintcharles.org Pointe-Saint-Charles History Society]
* [http://www.quebecheritageweb.com/trail/trail_details.aspx?&trailId=33 Pointe-Saint-Charles at the Quebec Heritage network]
* [http://www.thepoint.ca? Point Saint Charles GWMcRae]

See also

* Montreal
* Charlevoix (Montreal Metro)
* Jeanne-Le Ber
* Le Sud-Ouest