plaws reviewed A history of Pointe Claire by Brian R. Matthews
None
4 stars
Very good. Pacing was, maybe, a little off. Seemed to spend a lot of time in the 18thC, which was fine by me, and then sort of sped through the 19thC and then by the time we hit post-war, it was more of a cataloging of events. Maybe that's just how history is (I Am Not A Historian).
The coverage of the big Lakeside Air Show of 1910 (first ever in Canada) make me want to know more about that event.
Good coverage of the early settlement of the parish. Pity the present day city (and adjoining municipalities) don't seem to be doing anything to commemorate the tricentennial of the laying out of the three main côte roads that cross Pointe Claire, etc. The first farms were conceded in 1718.