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Ice Palaces of Montreal

larger_5194.jpgSince the time of earliest settlement, the greatest unsolved challenge facing Montrealers has been what to do about winter. Winter has determined our culture and history probably more than any other natural or human factor. It's tough. It's not for sissies. Thus its necessary survival requirements have created many unique material and social inventions.

Rod MacLeod, Editor of Quebec Heritage News, and Sandra Stock, a former QAHN Vice-President, represented QAHN at the popular Jo

Rue Dorchester, vers l'ouest, Montreal, vers 1900. Carte postale ancienne. (Collection privée) /

Ancienne carte postale. (Collection privée) / Early postcard. (Private collection)