Bill Brownstein starts this column about the razing of Goose Village with a mistake. Goose Village was adjacent to Point St Charles, but it wasn’t considered part of it. I had this information from my mother, who was born in the Point and was categorical about the boundaries between the Point, Griffintown, Goose Village and Saint‑Henri – and the class shadings among the areas, too.
Anyway, a professor has written a book about Goose Village, where some of her forebears lived.
In case the Gazette paywall clamps down, here’s an archived version.
Frank 08:36 on 2023-11-04 Permalink
to get around paywalls use archive.ph
Kate 08:51 on 2023-11-04 Permalink
Doesn’t always work. Coding on QMI’s sites eludes the archivers.
Orr 11:23 on 2023-11-04 Permalink
Using firefox browser, paste ” about:reader?url= ” in the url field, then paste the gazoo url in after it. Works in many paywall situations, but not all.
Kate 11:53 on 2023-11-04 Permalink
Thank you. But for the blog I need to know that I’m linking to accessible items, not stuff that has to be dug out in complicated ways.
bob 00:29 on 2023-11-05 Permalink
Here’s a better article from the Gazette: https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/v-is-for-vanished-not-a-trace-survives-of-glorious-goose-village
Kate 11:58 on 2023-11-06 Permalink
Unfortunately, paywalled and not archived.