The land around what's now the western end of The Boulevard hosted the grassy links of The Westmount Golf Club until about 1910.
These photos demonstrate that what's now super-expensive real estate was once a place where you'd here "FORE!" and "bird-eeee!!!" on a rambling golf course that sat on a plateau near the top of the hilly neighbourhood.
Little was written about the club in newspapers but we are told that members attended an annual winter ball at the Windsor Hotel, as noted in an article from 1901.
In July 1905 the Westmount Golf Club beat competitors from the Beaconsfield club, with 22 players on each team battling it out.
The circumstances of its disappearance are not spelled out in any available newspaper article but it seems self-evident that people wanted to live in the area more than they wanted to whack balls there.
Much of the land that housed the golf course was sold off at an auction in October 1911.
Elsewhere in town Montreal West was busy removing the giant horse racing track that occupied a good chunk of its territory.
Those with a keen eye for geography speculate about where each of these photos was taken.
