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=== Early history === [[File:Maison Nivard-De Saint-Dizier 1.jpg|thumb|left|[[Maison Étienne Nivard de Saint-Dizier]], built in 1710]] There is archaeological evidence of [[indigenous peoples of the Americas|indigenous peoples]] in the area as early as 5,500 years ago.<ref name="maison">{{cite web |title=Maison Nivard-De Saint-Dizier |url=https://maisonnivard-de-saint-dizier.com/ |access-date=14 March 2022 |language=fr-CA}}</ref> A [[portage]] along what is now the boulevard LaSalle was used to pass the [[Lachine Rapids]].<ref name="shgv">{{cite web |title=Un peu d'histoire... Bref historique de Verdun |url=http://www.ville.verdun.qc.ca/shgv/histoire.htm |access-date=14 March 2022 |website=www.ville.verdun.qc.ca |archive-date=6 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070106144602/http://www.ville.verdun.qc.ca/shgv/histoire.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> A [[trading post]] was established at nearby [[Fort Ville-Marie]] in 1611 and colonization of the [[Island of Montreal]] began in 1642. In 1664 the Île-Saint-Paul (now Nuns' Island) became a seigneury.{{cn|date=November 2024}} The first colonial settlers were [[militia]]men granted [[Concession (contract)|concessions]] in 1665 in exchange for defence against the [[Iroquois]]. Afterwards, the area was known as ''Côte-des-Argoulets'' (Sharpshooter's Ridge), in reference to the [[arquebus]], an infantry gun.<ref name="noyau" /> The settlement was where the [[Saint Pierre River (Montreal)|grande Saint-Pierre]] river drained Lac à la Loutre into the [[St. Lawrence River]]. The lake has since been filled to create the Turcot [[rail yard]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Doyon |first=Frédérique |date=2012-10-06 |title=Dans les rivières souterraines de Montréal - Retour aux sources des villes |url=https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/360904/retour-aux-sources-des-villes |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=Le Devoir |language=fr}}</ref> and the St. Pierre partly covered over and partly integrated with canals. In 1671, the [[Fief]] of Verdun is created when land is granted to [[Zacharie Dupuy]], who derived the name Verdun from his native village of Saverdun in France.<ref name="cdn-encyclo">{{cite encyclopedia |title=Verdun |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/verdun |encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |date=March 4, 2015 |access-date=14 March 2022 |archive-date=4 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204102709/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/verdun |url-status=live }}</ref> Two years later he donated the land to the [[Congrégation de Notre-Dame]],<ref name="dicobio">{{Cite DCB |title=Dupuy, Zacharie |volume=1 |last=Auger |first=Roland-J |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/dupuy_zacharie_1E.html |access-date=14 March 2022}}</ref> who in 1710 built the building now preserved as the [[Maison Nivard-De Saint-Dizier]]. This house is named for [[Étienne Nivard Saint-Dizier]], whose father bought the lands from the nuns in 1769.<ref name="Le voisinage Crawford.">[http://patrimoine.ville.montreal.qc.ca/inventaire/fiche_zone.php?affichage=fiche&civique=&voie=0&est_ouest=&appellation=&arrondissement=26&protection=0&batiment=oui&zone=oui&lignes=25&type_requete=simple&id=1209 "Le voisinage Crawford."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006130552/http://patrimoine.ville.montreal.qc.ca/inventaire/fiche_zone.php?affichage=fiche&civique=&voie=0&est_ouest=&appellation=&arrondissement=26&protection=0&batiment=oui&zone=oui&lignes=25&type_requete=simple&id=1209 |date=2011-10-06 }} Grand répertoire du patrimoine bâti de Montréal. Accessed 1 July 2011.</ref> Following the [[Great Peace of Montreal]] in 1701, farmers settled along Lower Lachine Road (now boulevard LaSalle), which connected Fort Ville-Marie with [[Lachine, Quebec|Lachine]].<ref name="noyau"/> Around 1800, Chemin de la Rivière-Saint-Pierre (now rue de l'Église) was opened.<ref name="noyau">[http://patrimoine.ville.montreal.qc.ca/inventaire/fiche_zone.php?affichage=fiche&civique=&voie=0&est_ouest=&appellation=&arrondissement=26&protection=0&batiment=oui&zone=oui&lignes=25&type_requete=simple&id=1205 "Le noyau institutionnel et commerçant de Verdun."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006130544/http://patrimoine.ville.montreal.qc.ca/inventaire/fiche_zone.php?affichage=fiche&civique=&voie=0&est_ouest=&appellation=&arrondissement=26&protection=0&batiment=oui&zone=oui&lignes=25&type_requete=simple&id=1205 |date=2011-10-06 }} Grand répertoire du patrimoine bâti de Montréal. Accessed 1 July 2011.</ref> The [[Canal de l'Aqueduc]], now Verdun's northwestern boundary, was dug in 1854 to furnish Montreal with drinking water from the St. Lawrence.<ref name="aqueduc">[http://patrimoine.ville.montreal.qc.ca/inventaire/fiche_zone.php?affichage=fiche&civique=&voie=0&est_ouest=&appellation=&arrondissement=26&protection=0&batiment=oui&zone=oui&lignes=25&type_requete=simple&id=1199 "Secteur du canal de l'aqueduc."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006130703/http://patrimoine.ville.montreal.qc.ca/inventaire/fiche_zone.php?affichage=fiche&civique=&voie=0&est_ouest=&appellation=&arrondissement=26&protection=0&batiment=oui&zone=oui&lignes=25&type_requete=simple&id=1199 |date=2011-10-06 }} Grand répertoire du patrimoine bâti de Montréal. Accessed 1 July 2011.</ref> In 1874, a group of local land-owners met in a farmhouse called Le Pavillon, located at the corner of Lower Lachine Road and Chemin de la Rivière-Saint-Pierre, and decided to found the village of Rivière-Saint-Pierre. Chartered by the government of Quebec, it became the municipality of Verdun the following year.{{cn|date=November 2024}} Settlement had been hampered due to frequent flooding, but a dyke was built starting in 1896; its completion resulted in a population boom.{{cn|date=November 2024}} The dyke itself became host to Verdun's popular Boardwalk, before land reclamation in the 70s led to the expansion of the waterfront park along the whole length of Verdun's riverbank.{{cn|date=November 2024}} The first Église Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs (now part of the school of the same name) was built in 1899, followed by a combined town hall, fire hall, and police station in 1908. The tramway also arrived in 1899, connecting Verdun to downtown. A larger [[Église Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs de Montréal]] was built in 1914.<ref name="noyau" />
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