Pointe-Claire QC is a Quebec local municipality within the Urban agglomeration of Montreal on the Island of Montreal in Canada.
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11 Facts About Pointe-Claire QC
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Pointe-Claire QC was first described by Nicolas Perrot in his account of 1669, and the name Pointe-Claire QC appeared on a map as early as 1686.
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Urbanization of the territory of Pointe-Claire QC began in the 1600s, when the Sulpicians were lords of the island of Montreal.
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Pointe-Claire QC used his influence with the Canadian Pacific Railway to have a station added to the line at the end of Cedar Avenue, which he paved from there down to Lakeshore Road.
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In 1955, the City of Pointe-Claire QC annexed large portions of the Parish Municipality of Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire QC .
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In 1958, a new City Hall was built and Pointe-Claire QC changed status from Ville to Cite, but in 1967, this was reverted.
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Pointe-Claire QC is bounded on the north by Dollard-des-Ormeaux, on the east by Dorval, on the south by Lac Saint-Louis, and on the west by Kirkland and Beaconsfield.
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Provincially, Pointe-Claire QC is in the Jacques-Cartier electoral district, along with Baie-D'Urfe, Beaconsfield, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, and Senneville.
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Pointe-Claire QC in turn sends a representative to the 29-member agglomeration council.
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Pointe-Claire QC is served by three stations on Exo's Vaudreuil–Hudson line: Pointe-Claire QC station located at Donegani Avenue and Ashgrove Avenue, Valois station located at Avenue De-la-Baie-de-Valois and Donegani Avenue, and Cedar Park station located on Donegani Avenue between Applebee Avenue and Aurora Avenue.
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