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