MTB Base in Montreal???...

[Robert Bergeron]

Thanks for the info Dan ,

The Military District 1 HQ was indeed for a while at the corner of La Savanne and Bishop. I remember well being there for my officer candidate entry tests in the early 80's . The Mobile Command HQ was at that time in St-Hubert at the airfield. Mobile . I do not know where Mobile Command was prior to being in St-Hubert.

In Longueuil / St-Hubert , i know of no other military installation than the one at the airfield and Ile Sainte-Hélène barracks. Did you know that the Ile Sainte Hélène barracks had many uses in the past 300 years including a military prison ? Camilien Houde , mayor of Montéeal was detained there in an ugly passage of Québec history. Houde was an anti-war acticvist and opposed conscription in 42-43.He was arrested by the RCMP et detained for the remainder of the war. Fort Sainte-Hélène barracks was also a defensive Fort for the defense of Montréal thru the different wars ( 1760 against the British ,1812 against the Americans, Fenien raids ( irish rebels ) , WW1, WW2 ) . Curious t know about more military installations in Longueuil ?

Bob

[Robert Bergeron]

Diaana dear,

I think the MTB base was for construction , fitting and refitting the Fairmile boats . They were built in Montréal so were the torpedoes. There are no reports to my knowledge of U Boats ever sailing up the St-Lawrence past Québec. The farthest the could make it submerged would be Trois Rivières but i see no point in doing that . They would of been very vulnerable because of the narrowness and the shallowness of the river. They were regular visitors of the Gulf and sank quite a few merchant ships there.A torpedoe even beached near Rimouski after it failed to reach its mark. It is showcased ar the musem in Point au Père were the Canadian Navy submarine is .

Interesting part of WW2 history .

Cheers !

Bob