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Beaconsfield is a suburb on the Island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, part of the Greater Montreal region locally referred to as the West Island.It is a residential community located on the north shore of Lac Saint-Louis, bordered on the west by Baie-D'Urfé, north by Kirkland and east by Pointe-Claire.
Fritz Farm is one of several examples of preserved heritage homes dating back to the 18th century that can be found in Baie-D'Urfé, which are a direct link to the West Island's colonial era. Église Sainte-Geneviève, a parish church established in 1741 by Antoine Faucon and completed in its present form in 1844.
Pierrefonds (Quebec French pronunciation: [pjaɛ̯ʁˈfõ]) is a former city in southwestern Quebec, Canada.It is located along the Rivière des Prairies on the northwestern part of the Island of Montreal (part of what is colloquially called the West Island).
It is composed of the former municipalities of Pierrefonds and Roxboro, spanning the northern part of the West Island.Besides its land borders with the borough of L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève, as well as the boroughs of Saint-Laurent and Ahuntsic-Cartierville to the east, it borders the municipalities of Senneville, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Kirkland, and Dollard-des-Ormeaux.
This was the first concession on the West Island of Montreal. The village of Sainte-Geneviève was born in the early eighteenth century. Antoine Faucon, father of Saint-Sulpice, participated in the construction of the first church in the village's history. The Municipality of the Village of Sainte-Geneviève was created in 1859.
The signing of the Great Peace of Montreal in 1701 allowed the French habitants to colonize the western part of the Island of Montreal. In 1720 a road was built, and the Sulpicians mapped out the area. In 1739 the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec approved the establishment of a canonical parish dedicated to Saint Geneviève.
Westmount (French pronunciation:) is an affluent municipality on the Island of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is an enclave of the city of Montreal, with a population of 19,658 as of the 2021 Canadian census. [6]
Montreal West (French: Montréal-Ouest, pronounced [mɔ̃ʁeal wɛst] ⓘ) is an on-island municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the Island of Montreal.. Montreal West is a small, close-knit community made up primarily of single-family dwellings.