The Historian · Marguerite · Montréal
Pointe-à-Callière
Start your whole historical visit here, on the literal birthplace. The museum sits on the exact ground where Maisonneuve founded Ville-Marie in May 1642, and you descend below the streets to walk the real excavated foundations and the old sewer collector. Most history museums describe the past; here you stand on it.
The museum built directly over the spot where Ville-Marie was founded in 1642 — you descend to walk the actual founding-era ruins.
— Marguerite, The Historian
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