Lachine, QC
| Lachine | ||
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| Borough of Montreal | ||
The Fontaine de Vie at Lachine Borough Hall
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 Location of Lachine on the Island of Montreal. (Grey areas indicate demerged municipalities). |
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| Coordinates: 45°26′25″N 73°42′20″W / 45.44028°N 73.70556°W | ||
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Quebec
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| Region | Montréal | |
| Incorporated | 1872 | |
| Merged | January 1, 2002 | |
| Electoral Districts Federal |
Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle |
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| Provincial | Marquette | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Borough | |
| • Mayor | Claude Dauphin | |
| • Federal MP(s) | Anju Dhillon (LPC) | |
| • Quebec MNA(s) | François Ouimet (PLQ) | |
| Area | ||
| • Land | 17.75 km2 (6.85 sq mi) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 41,696 | |
| • Density | 2,344.6/km2 (6,072/sq mi) | |
| • Change (2006-11) |
 0.5% |
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| • Dwellings (2006) | 19,909 | |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | |
| Postal code(s) | H8S, H8T | |
| Area code(s) | 514 | |
Access Routes A-13 A-20
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 A-520 Route 138
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| Website | lachine. ville.montreal.qc.ca | |
Lachine (French pronunciation: [laʃin]) is a borough (arrondissement) within the city of Montreal on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It was formerly an autonomous city until 2002.
Lachine, apparently from French la Chine (China), is often said to have been named in 1667, in mockery of its then owner Robert Cavelier de La Salle, who explored the interior of North America, trying to find a passage to Asia. When he returned without success, he and his men were derisively named les Chinois (Chinese). The name was adopted when the parish of Saints-Anges-de-la-Chine was created in 1678, with the form Lachine appearing with the opening of a post office in 1829.
On August 4, 1689, more than 1500 Mohawk warriors raided the small village and burned it to the ground in retaliation for the ravaging of the Seneca lands by governor Denonville and his men. The Lachine massacre left 80 dead. Lachine was incorporated as a city in 1872. In 1999, it merged with the town of Saint-Pierre before being merged into Montreal in 2002. Its logo during its municipality days is still in use as of today.
The borough is located in the southwest portion of the island of Montreal, at the inlet of the Lachine Canal, between the borough of LaSalle, and the city of Dorval. It was a separate city until municipal mergers on January 1, 2002 and did not demerge on January 1, 2006 [1].
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