Dozens have drowned in the dark waters of the man-made Lachine Canal since it first flowed in 1825.
The waters have not spared children or elderly women, as people of all types breathed their last breaths before their bodies were fished out in macabre scenes all too familiar to city-dwellers.
Many were suicides, others murder victims and many others were people who just drowned after swimming or slipping in fully-clothed.
The following is merely a partial list compiled in an effort to remember those who were claimed by what might otherwise seem a benign waterway.
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22 Sept 1882 John Sullivan died of suicide jumping into the Lachine Canal. He was as drunk who often took refuge in police stations. He was 64
24 Nov 1882 - Newspaper reports that Mrs. Stewart's husband drowned in the canal some time earlier.
21 Aug 1894 Boy named Auger, 9, from St. James Street died drowning while playing and collecting rocks. He tried to reach in. Other kids failed to be able to save him.
28 Nov 1908 - an unknown was fished out.
15 Aug 1908 Henri Chenier, 9 drowned . He was with his brother. His mom was a widow and has five kids.
5 April 1910 Jean Bohrer, 52, chef at the Oxford Cafe was fished out near Cote St. Paul. He disappeared 10 December. He was from New York and lived a 41 Metcalfe.*
21 June 1910 Arthur Sinclair drowned while swimming with a friend, he tried to swim across and stricken by cramps. His friend was unable to save him. He was 28 and worked for the Dominion Wire company.
13 July 1910 Michael Burke, 14, from 9th Avenue in Lachine drowned . He had a leg amputated some time before.
29 Aug 1911 Jean Baptiste Thilby 65, drowned near de Seigneurs. He lived on Delisle.
26 Aug 1912 Adelard Perron, 7, drowned while fishing with friends and two brothers. His . He lived on St. Ferdinand in St. Henri.
9 Dec. 1912 John Harris, 47 of Dominion Wire in Lachine drowned.
13 Nov 1913 Seven workers died when their rowboat drowned. Volunteers picked bodies from the canal. The effort was hindered as neither Lachine or St. Paul considered the accident to be within their boundaries. Lachine said it was three miles from their town and it was property of federal government who had the responsibility of doing the work. Some of the reporting was questionable: "Negro struck boy in face in frantic struggle to secure hold on upturned boat." The ship when down when hit by waves by a passing tugboat. The workers were building new power house of Montreal Light Heat and Power Company at the far end of Cote St. Paul. The workers were hired by subcontractors D.G. Loomis Sons, Dominion Bridge Company and Meade Morrisson, They crossed the canal by rowboat in order to avoid travelling three miles from the bridge on the south side. The project employed 200 to 300 workmen, many Poles, Romanians and Italians and some natives from Kahnawake. The workers rushed to the boat at 5 pm. in order to get home first.
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9 june 1947 A man fell in to the water near Point St. Charles a team sought him but couldn't find him. Meanwhile an arm was found floating in the water. It wasn't identified.
16 July 1947 - Paul Emile Lalonde, 28 of 3938 Notre Dame West was fished from the canal Sunday. He was a master painted and disappeared July 9 from his home. Some suspicion that he was killed by bandits or thieves.
24 may 1948 Joseph James Clifton, 27 of Granby and Halifax. he had been there several months, worked for Canadian National Steamships.
10 June 1948 - Emile Roy 48 of 810 Ontario E.
19 July 1948 Kaymer, 64 fished out
2 Aug 1948 - Marcel Salvatori, 6, 1403 Wellington drowned in canal trying to get a toy.
2 May 1949 - Bon Paul, 73 of 845 Notre Dame W. .disappeared Thursday and was fished out of the canal two days later.
1 june 1949 Unidentified body fished out near 45 Colborne.
17 June 1949 - Two bodes fished out on the same day. One at 1030 who had fallen in an hour earlier from the Victoria Pier.. Paul Emile Girard 35, of 9 Sherbrooke E. was fished out. Later around 1145, another drowning victim, near the Cote St. Paul Bridge. Maurice Genest, 23, of 3934 Bannantyne.
25 May 1950 Thomas Berube, 42 of 320 Wilibrod in Berdun, he worked for the Transport Ministry. He died near 20th Ave. He fell in in front of an engineer. Someone tossed him a lifesaver but he failed to grasp it.
24 July 1950 Claude Renauld, 18, of 6323 D'Aragon drowned swimming, fished out 9 pm
22 Sept 1950 - A coroners jury decided there wasn't enough evidence to determine whether Mrs. Xavier Caron, 74, whose mutilated body was fished out of the Lachin Canal 20 Aug was assaulted of died of an accident. She left to go to Ste. Anne de Beaupre and got into a taxi to Windsor Station and wasn't seen after.
5 Oct 1950 - Armand Banville, 37 of the Meurlin refugee was fished out he fell in the water near the Victoria Pier. He was fishedout soon after.
31 Oct 1950 - Ralph Loach 64, of 1764 Le Prohon found Oct 28. He was born in England.
24 March 1951 Workers doing maintenance found the body of a man who had been in for over a month. Near McCord Street. He was Henry Stewart Scott, 54 of 1575 Wellington. he likely drowned around 22 Feb.
4 July 1951 - Harry Walker, about 25, found after about 5 days in the water near Black's Bridge
7 July 1951 John Eccles, 55 of 4555 Grand Blvd. apt 15. found near Cote St. Paul
16 July 1951 - Michael Marchuk, 35, of 885 14th Ave. Lachine was fished out at the foot of 18th Ave. near St. Joseph,
30 July 1951 Mrs. M. Murphy 65 of 294 Ann found at the foot of des Seigneurs. She disappeared 13 July -
10 August 1951 Unidentified man, aged about 40 at the foot of McGill Street
13 Aug 1951 - Joseph Lapointe, 43, of 2376 Duvernay drowned near Des Seigneurs.
16 May 1952 Richard Collette, 7, 635 Farm Street found near 990 Mill. He fell in on April 2 tossing stones.
4 Aug. 1952 - William Dickson, 889 Moffat around aged 60, fished out in Cote St.Paul.
March 20, 1953 Jean Pierre Lejour, 11, drowned 24 Jan. near 5022 St. Ambroise. Walter Murdoch of the Berdun police dived i repeatedly trying to save the boy.
29 June 1953 Unidentified man aged about 35.
26 Sept 1953 William J. Bell of Toronto found after falling in the water after visiting his brother in law. His body had been mangled by propellers.
4 Nov 1953 - Alex Galarneau aged about 50 from 97 de Castelneau.
23 March 1954 Unidentified body found nera 3535 St. Patrick
10 April 1954 - Unidentified body found at the foot of Wellington near the Point.
19 May 1954 Unidentified, wearing a blue tie.
28 May 1954 Bernard Lefebvre, 6 livign at 102 St. Augstin, drowned 17 May at the foot of Turgeon
25 Aug 1955 Auguste Babeau, 38 of Laprairei found by maintenance workers. He capsized fishing in Melocheville. His brother was found dead in the waters in Lac St. Louis.
26 Aug 1955 Alderic Leblanc, 45 of 1214 Notre Dame W. fished out near Black's Bridge. he was a caleche driver usually found on Sherbrooke and McGill.
21 Aug 1956 - unknown body found in Ville Lasalle aged 30 - 35 drowned about two or three days earlier.
23 May 1958 - Sante Siccone, 16 of LaTuque found near Cote St. Paul.
15 June 1959 - two unidentified bodies fished out.
15 July 59 Harold Wittington or Wattington, 460 St. Joseph. Had been missing for several weeks
6 April 1960 - Jack Barr who lived in a carbin near the Dominion Bridge factory was fished from the waters.
31 May 1960 unidentified man aged around 35 near des Seigneurs later identified as Napoleon Armstrong, 72, of 4835 Ste. Emile. Had disappeared 25 May.
22 Aug 1960 Romeo Croteau 16 of 386 Sebastopol. drowned while swimmign with 3 friends.
22 June 1961 John Adams, 30 of Lafleche. found near Colborne. fall into the water near the canal. -
April 24, 1962 Gerard Pilon, 43. Lachine police found him.
May 22 1962 John Garland, 58 of 2049 Coleraine.
22 May 1962 Roger Goyette, 7, of 2471 St. Charles didn't return to class Friday and was found dead in the canal Saturday morning.
Aug 2, 1962 - Unidentified man at foot of McGill around 35 years old with a tattoo reading Pauline
Aug 15, 1962 - Emile Lalonde aged about 40 living at 4544 De Lorimier was in water for at least a week.
29 Nov 1962 - Phillip Henry, 74 near St. Patrice Street in Lasalle he lived at 7504 Casgrain. and had gone missing a day earlier.
11 July 1963 Unidentified aged between 25 and 30 tattoo reading Mary
5 Aug 1963 unidetified around 55 years old in the water for many days near Lasalle Coke 570 St. Patrice in LaSalle
23 Aug 1963 Antoine Couillard 23, near 6th ave. had disappeared four days earlier -
26 Aug 1963 - Alfred Durocher, 57 of 2309 Ryde fished out . missing about one week.
16 March 1965 Mabel Curtis, 69, of 1676 A Grand Trunk. Had gone missing several weeks earlier. She was found 3 pm.
10 Sept 1965 Unidentified woman fished out she was about 20 and stood 5 foot five and was black.
6 Oct 1966 unidentified man fished out near Dominion Sugar
24 Aug 1967 - unidentified body found at foot of 6th ave.
24 Oct 1967 Charles Turcot, 52, a merchant from Mont Laurier shot 5 times and his body found near the bottom of des Seigneurs his car was in the muddy water of the canal - Michel Kontowt was charged.
19 Aug 1968 - body found in water near 4207 St. Ambroise
24 March 1969 Man in his 50s body found at 630 pm near Atwater
6 Aug 1969 Jeanne Bedard 45, of 6830 Monk found near Cote St Paul.
13 Aug 1969 Unidentified man near Charlevoix found at 945 pm
20 May 1971 Unidentified man found near des Seignuers. He stood 5 9 and weighed 160 and had been a long time in the water.
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25 June 1971 Paul Emile Menard, 35, found in his car in the water near Lapraire and St. Patrick. He lived at 1740 Roberval and was inside the car. He was in advanced decomposition. He had disappeared 29 April 1970 after driving a friend back from work. He owned an oil delivery business. Two were later arrested and charged with murder.
13 Sept 1972 - Jacques Caron of 1860 Jacques Hertel aged 35 found dead in the canal at 425 St. Patrick
25 Oct 1975 Jean Guy Dubois and Jacques Ouimet manager of Iroquois murdered Guy Fournier of the Hotel Iroquois on Oct 23, 1975. He was fished from the Lachine canal. The duo were found guilty 28 April 1977
20 June 1978 Roger Lachapelle,14, fished out near Olivier where he was fishing with friends. He fell accidentally and didn't know how to swim.
29 Dec 1982 Norman Boyer, 10, drowned while his brother Patrick, 6, was on life support after jumping in to save his older brother near the 6th Ave. bridge.
6 Oct 1984 car went in the water and it wasn't immediately known how many inside.
24 April 1985 A Verdun man in his 40s was found in a Chrysler LeBaron in the waters near 32nd Ave. It was believed to be suicide. Drove fast enough to get 75 feet from the shore. It occured the previous October.
27 Nov 1986 Diver Alain Vienneau drowned working on a clean up operation for Parks Canada.
31 March 1988 unidentified man
10 April 1993 unidentified man near 4850 St. Ambroise
3 Nov. 1993 Gabriel Villarosa and Norma Casaclang Villarosa drove into the canal and drowned. Survivors sued the city for $300,000, claiming not enough salt had been put on St. Patrick Street, leading their car to slip into the waters after hitting tree.
15 Nov 1998 -A woman aged 25-30 fished out near Charlevoix
2 July 1999 Clinton Bennett, 6, of Bourget Street was walking along the canal with his friends they left him when it rained. He likely slipped in.
20 July 2007 Melanie Meunier, 27 found near Cote St. Paul. She had gone missing two weeks earlier.
*Addresses prior to 1929 were different than those of today.
NOT DEAD
26 Aug 1936 Joseph Kamitsky 30, of 5282 Ste. Marie Street tried twice to kill himself. He claimed he was just drunk and not suicidal.
10 aug 1937 Helen Deans, 48, fell into Lachine Canal off the Atwater Bridge.Traffic cop Gaston Veillette jumped in and saved her.
3 May 1948 William Sutherginn, 86, was saved by four people after falling in. (saviours were J. King of 204 Coleraine, W.H. Boyle 318 Bourgeois John McKernan 1053 Grand Trunk and John Bryson 1053 Shiller)
17 Aug 1931 Mrs. William Lefebvre 22, of 3065 Albert was saved from drowning by a passerby.
The waters have not spared children or elderly women, as people of all types breathed their last breaths before their bodies were fished out in macabre scenes all too familiar to city-dwellers.
Many were suicides, others murder victims and many others were people who just drowned after swimming or slipping in fully-clothed.
The following is merely a partial list compiled in an effort to remember those who were claimed by what might otherwise seem a benign waterway.
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22 Sept 1882 John Sullivan died of suicide jumping into the Lachine Canal. He was as drunk who often took refuge in police stations. He was 64
24 Nov 1882 - Newspaper reports that Mrs. Stewart's husband drowned in the canal some time earlier.
21 Aug 1894 Boy named Auger, 9, from St. James Street died drowning while playing and collecting rocks. He tried to reach in. Other kids failed to be able to save him.
28 Nov 1908 - an unknown was fished out.
15 Aug 1908 Henri Chenier, 9 drowned . He was with his brother. His mom was a widow and has five kids.
5 April 1910 Jean Bohrer, 52, chef at the Oxford Cafe was fished out near Cote St. Paul. He disappeared 10 December. He was from New York and lived a 41 Metcalfe.*
21 June 1910 Arthur Sinclair drowned while swimming with a friend, he tried to swim across and stricken by cramps. His friend was unable to save him. He was 28 and worked for the Dominion Wire company.
13 July 1910 Michael Burke, 14, from 9th Avenue in Lachine drowned . He had a leg amputated some time before.
29 Aug 1911 Jean Baptiste Thilby 65, drowned near de Seigneurs. He lived on Delisle.
26 Aug 1912 Adelard Perron, 7, drowned while fishing with friends and two brothers. His . He lived on St. Ferdinand in St. Henri.
9 Dec. 1912 John Harris, 47 of Dominion Wire in Lachine drowned.
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| Canal disaster of 1913 claimed at least 7 |
The boat was crossing when a tugboat of the Sincennes-McNaughton line was steaming to Lachine. the wash caused the smaller ship, already crowded and low in the water, to shift. It had already crossed over halfway. The people on the north side were not there to help the men tossed into the water as they had already left to catch streetcars. The tug boat backed up to help . A.E. Porter, 18 was hit in the face by a "burly negro" while trying to secure a hold on the bottom of the upturned boat." the tug rescued him. "It's thought the negro drowned." The men were dressed in heavy corduroy suits and hob nailed boots. Water was icy and bitterly cold. F.K. Pochler was rescued, he was a good swimmer but said it was impossible to move as limbs were numb and clothes were heavy. he had trouble even grasping the oar tossed into the canal. Ferryman Michael Ruse and his brother George Ruse were drowned, George Ponchuck, Leslie Mesquite, William L'Ecuyer. Management was spared as they generally crossed last. Victims: Armand Chretien, aged 39, of Cadieux (now De Bullion), Leon Humaniuk, 19, of 4 Theatre Lane, Leslie Mesquita, 33, (he's the "negro" referred to earlier) he lived at 147 Lusignan, William L'Ecuyer, 27, married, lived at 88 Quesnel and John Poncruk, of 253 St. Urbain. Others were initially missing, so it's not entirely certain that more didn't die.
14 Nov 1913 Dieudonne Monette, 34 of Beaudoin St, who drowned 3 weeks earlier, was found. He left a widow and two children.
1 Aug 1913 - unidentified man near Black's Bridge, aged around 40
29 July 1913 Napoleon Laurzon, 14 of Rioux Street in St. Henri drowned while swimming near Cote St. Paul.
5 May 1913 Thomas Burgess of Point st Charles drowned.
13 april 1914 R.E. Richardson, engineer working for Grand Truck Railroad fished from the canal
April 1914 Wassil Bokluk, 27, (81 Clark Street) and John O'Neil, 29, of Forfar St who came from the states last fall. Both were working for Dominion Coal.
10 July 1914 Unknown drowned near Charlevoix, thought maybe suicide
18 July 1914 George Greene, 20, drowned swimming. He lived at 1525 Dorchester with friend James Duncan.
17 Aug 1914 John Queen 15, fell in the water and drowned. He lived on Nazareth Street. they were playing on the banks.
16 Aug 1915 Unidentified
21 dec. 1915 John Robert Taylor, 40, drowned on the way to work at Dominion Textile. He lived on Springland and had worked 10 years at the factory.
8 June 1915 Soldier William Walsh, 17, from Duke Street . He had been complaining of fever and dizziness and was thought to have fallen in the water while patrolling as sentinel. He was with the Irish Rangers 55th Battalion.
19 June 1915 Military sentinel Jules Fortin drowned Tuesday night after falling in the water while patrolling the banks. New now the new instructions were to do the thing 100 steps from the water.
5 April 1915 - Unidentified.
25 Aug 1915 unidentified near Wellington bridge.
23 july 1916 Rosario Brunet, 13, of St. Louis street drowned near the reservoir in the Lachine canal. He got cramps while swimming.
15 May 1916 Unidentified body fished out of the canal, probably a worker.
21 aug. 1917 longshoreman Charles Dinelle, 45 of 339 des Carrieres fell into the canal and died.
9 nov. 1917 Body fished out after three months in the water. Mrs. Leduc identified it as her husband.
14 Nov 1913 Dieudonne Monette, 34 of Beaudoin St, who drowned 3 weeks earlier, was found. He left a widow and two children.
1 Aug 1913 - unidentified man near Black's Bridge, aged around 40
29 July 1913 Napoleon Laurzon, 14 of Rioux Street in St. Henri drowned while swimming near Cote St. Paul.
5 May 1913 Thomas Burgess of Point st Charles drowned.
13 april 1914 R.E. Richardson, engineer working for Grand Truck Railroad fished from the canal
April 1914 Wassil Bokluk, 27, (81 Clark Street) and John O'Neil, 29, of Forfar St who came from the states last fall. Both were working for Dominion Coal.
10 July 1914 Unknown drowned near Charlevoix, thought maybe suicide
18 July 1914 George Greene, 20, drowned swimming. He lived at 1525 Dorchester with friend James Duncan.
17 Aug 1914 John Queen 15, fell in the water and drowned. He lived on Nazareth Street. they were playing on the banks.
16 Aug 1915 Unidentified
21 dec. 1915 John Robert Taylor, 40, drowned on the way to work at Dominion Textile. He lived on Springland and had worked 10 years at the factory.
8 June 1915 Soldier William Walsh, 17, from Duke Street . He had been complaining of fever and dizziness and was thought to have fallen in the water while patrolling as sentinel. He was with the Irish Rangers 55th Battalion.
19 June 1915 Military sentinel Jules Fortin drowned Tuesday night after falling in the water while patrolling the banks. New now the new instructions were to do the thing 100 steps from the water.
5 April 1915 - Unidentified.
25 Aug 1915 unidentified near Wellington bridge.
23 july 1916 Rosario Brunet, 13, of St. Louis street drowned near the reservoir in the Lachine canal. He got cramps while swimming.
15 May 1916 Unidentified body fished out of the canal, probably a worker.
21 aug. 1917 longshoreman Charles Dinelle, 45 of 339 des Carrieres fell into the canal and died.
9 nov. 1917 Body fished out after three months in the water. Mrs. Leduc identified it as her husband.
15 Nov. 1917 - Sandick Dowey of 581 Wellingon fished out of the canal at Black's Bridge.
1 April 1918 - Nicolas Barry missing since nov 1917 found in the lachine canal He was from Havre de Grace in Newfoundland 41, three brothers living in Montreal and had lived in Montreal for 40 years. he was aged 65.
3 nov 1919 - Omer Secours 112 Ste. Marie fished out of the canal las friday he hadn't been seen since oct 12.
4 June `1924 Walter Rokus 15 (143 Forar) fished from canal at Black's Bridge. He disappeared 23 May while searching for wood on shore..
10 July 1924 George Massinetti, 44 of 265 Maple in Ville St. Pierre drowned Sunday morning.
15 Sept 1924 - Unidentified man about 35
10 June 1925 Unidentified, found near Atwater.
28 April 1926 Tommy Remandini fished from foot of Guy street. He ran away 15 Oct and hadn't been seen csince.
27 July 1928 Man in his forties near des Seigneurs.
4 Aug. 1930 John Linz 40 of 1476 de Bullion found after missing 10 days.
17 Sept 29 Unidentified, fished out near Colborne.
26 May 1930 Louis Henri Cote, 20, fished out in LaSalle. He lived on Ethel in Verdun
4 August 1930 John Linz, 30, of De Bullion fished out by the Verdun police.
20 Oct 1930 Unidentified man with grey hair found near Black's Bridge.
6 August 1931 - 14 month old child was fished from the canal at 7 15 a.m.
17 Aug 1931 Godefroy Lecompte disappeared since 2 or 3 days, was found at about 6 pm dead.
9 Nov 1934 Archibald Gibson war veteran disappeared previous June, identified by John Kimberely Turned out Gibson was alive and well and living in England, so this was someone else.
10 June 1936 Edouard Cote, 17, of 75 A 4th ave. Lachine drowned swimming on a hot day. He was fished out 7 pm by his father who came to help the Lachine police.
10 Aug 1937 Godefroy Lecompte disappeared for two or three days, fished out at 6 pm
28 March 1938 - body fished out Edouard Charbonneau in his fifties. 1018B St. Denis. foot od Des Seigneurs.
16 April 1938 S. Willinson found dead in water. Was partof a Norweigan crew. 35 years old. Accident was from Oct 1937.
21 Nov 1938 Louis Gauthier, 64, of 6231 Dumas fished out. He had been missing eight days. Found by a grey cap floating in the water.
28 March 1938 Edouard Charbonneau of 1018B St. Denis
18 Sept. 1939 unknown body found. at the foot of 12th Ave. A woman in her 40s 2 rings and a watch.
6 Dec 1939 Alex Ragolsky of Welland Ontario fished out. He was just 18. Foot of St. Ambroise Street. He was tryig to jump from the ship to ship. and fell in.
18 Dec. 1939 Col. Georges-Etienne Beauchamp A car was fished out containing his body. He disappeared a month earlier. He lived at 3166 Marcil, was a WWI veteran and was aged 64.
14 April 1938 Eugene Charron, 40, 1120 Hotel de Ville, had been misting several months. Found near Black's Bridge.
3 Aug 1940 near Atwater a soldier was fished out. identity unknown.
21 Aug 1941 - Jean Paul Joannis, 9, of 5341 Eadie died in the canal at 130 pm he was trying to reach a floating tire and fell in.
11 May 1942 Marcel Tessier soldier, 35, living at 2315 St. Patrick was fished out.
8 June 1942 - Henri Hamel, 40, from Mount Royal East. drowned Tuesday afternoon.
24 April 1943 - Frederic - Thomas Watson, 49 of 4541 Earnscliffe. Disappeared last fall. Found near 975 Mill.
27 April 1945 Workers found a body floating. Probasbly there since the previous fall. Unitified but for a few tattoos, including Mother.
4 May 1945 - Bruce Duros, 2, of 593 Notre Dame W was fished out. He drowned Tuesday playing on the pier. The body was found near 42,th ave.
6 Aug 1946 - Andre Dussault, 62 of 551 Chatham. found behind 2050 Notre Dame E.
Sept 1946 - James Bowen, 45 of 5141 Durcoher was fished out near t Canning Street. found at about 8 pm
25 Sept 1946 Unknown, aged around 65th near the Bascule Bridge between VSP and Lasalle. drowned likely a few days earlier.
28 Nov 1946 John Schofield, 4077 Tupper found Cote St Paul. he was in the water about 15 days. Was elderly.
22 April 1947 Alphohnse Chardonnet, 85 Beaudoin in St. Henri, aged 60. found near des Seigneurs.
1 April 1918 - Nicolas Barry missing since nov 1917 found in the lachine canal He was from Havre de Grace in Newfoundland 41, three brothers living in Montreal and had lived in Montreal for 40 years. he was aged 65.
3 nov 1919 - Omer Secours 112 Ste. Marie fished out of the canal las friday he hadn't been seen since oct 12.
4 June `1924 Walter Rokus 15 (143 Forar) fished from canal at Black's Bridge. He disappeared 23 May while searching for wood on shore..
10 July 1924 George Massinetti, 44 of 265 Maple in Ville St. Pierre drowned Sunday morning.
15 Sept 1924 - Unidentified man about 35
10 June 1925 Unidentified, found near Atwater.
28 April 1926 Tommy Remandini fished from foot of Guy street. He ran away 15 Oct and hadn't been seen csince.
27 July 1928 Man in his forties near des Seigneurs.
4 Aug. 1930 John Linz 40 of 1476 de Bullion found after missing 10 days.
17 Sept 29 Unidentified, fished out near Colborne.
26 May 1930 Louis Henri Cote, 20, fished out in LaSalle. He lived on Ethel in Verdun
4 August 1930 John Linz, 30, of De Bullion fished out by the Verdun police.
20 Oct 1930 Unidentified man with grey hair found near Black's Bridge.
6 August 1931 - 14 month old child was fished from the canal at 7 15 a.m.
17 Aug 1931 Godefroy Lecompte disappeared since 2 or 3 days, was found at about 6 pm dead.
9 Nov 1934 Archibald Gibson war veteran disappeared previous June, identified by John Kimberely Turned out Gibson was alive and well and living in England, so this was someone else.
10 June 1936 Edouard Cote, 17, of 75 A 4th ave. Lachine drowned swimming on a hot day. He was fished out 7 pm by his father who came to help the Lachine police.
10 Aug 1937 Godefroy Lecompte disappeared for two or three days, fished out at 6 pm
28 March 1938 - body fished out Edouard Charbonneau in his fifties. 1018B St. Denis. foot od Des Seigneurs.
16 April 1938 S. Willinson found dead in water. Was partof a Norweigan crew. 35 years old. Accident was from Oct 1937.
21 Nov 1938 Louis Gauthier, 64, of 6231 Dumas fished out. He had been missing eight days. Found by a grey cap floating in the water.
28 March 1938 Edouard Charbonneau of 1018B St. Denis
18 Sept. 1939 unknown body found. at the foot of 12th Ave. A woman in her 40s 2 rings and a watch.
6 Dec 1939 Alex Ragolsky of Welland Ontario fished out. He was just 18. Foot of St. Ambroise Street. He was tryig to jump from the ship to ship. and fell in.
18 Dec. 1939 Col. Georges-Etienne Beauchamp A car was fished out containing his body. He disappeared a month earlier. He lived at 3166 Marcil, was a WWI veteran and was aged 64.
14 April 1938 Eugene Charron, 40, 1120 Hotel de Ville, had been misting several months. Found near Black's Bridge.
3 Aug 1940 near Atwater a soldier was fished out. identity unknown.
21 Aug 1941 - Jean Paul Joannis, 9, of 5341 Eadie died in the canal at 130 pm he was trying to reach a floating tire and fell in.
11 May 1942 Marcel Tessier soldier, 35, living at 2315 St. Patrick was fished out.
8 June 1942 - Henri Hamel, 40, from Mount Royal East. drowned Tuesday afternoon.
24 April 1943 - Frederic - Thomas Watson, 49 of 4541 Earnscliffe. Disappeared last fall. Found near 975 Mill.
27 April 1945 Workers found a body floating. Probasbly there since the previous fall. Unitified but for a few tattoos, including Mother.
4 May 1945 - Bruce Duros, 2, of 593 Notre Dame W was fished out. He drowned Tuesday playing on the pier. The body was found near 42,th ave.
6 Aug 1946 - Andre Dussault, 62 of 551 Chatham. found behind 2050 Notre Dame E.
Sept 1946 - James Bowen, 45 of 5141 Durcoher was fished out near t Canning Street. found at about 8 pm
25 Sept 1946 Unknown, aged around 65th near the Bascule Bridge between VSP and Lasalle. drowned likely a few days earlier.
28 Nov 1946 John Schofield, 4077 Tupper found Cote St Paul. he was in the water about 15 days. Was elderly.
22 April 1947 Alphohnse Chardonnet, 85 Beaudoin in St. Henri, aged 60. found near des Seigneurs.
9 june 1947 A man fell in to the water near Point St. Charles a team sought him but couldn't find him. Meanwhile an arm was found floating in the water. It wasn't identified.16 July 1947 - Paul Emile Lalonde, 28 of 3938 Notre Dame West was fished from the canal Sunday. He was a master painted and disappeared July 9 from his home. Some suspicion that he was killed by bandits or thieves.
24 may 1948 Joseph James Clifton, 27 of Granby and Halifax. he had been there several months, worked for Canadian National Steamships.
10 June 1948 - Emile Roy 48 of 810 Ontario E.
19 July 1948 Kaymer, 64 fished out
2 Aug 1948 - Marcel Salvatori, 6, 1403 Wellington drowned in canal trying to get a toy.
2 May 1949 - Bon Paul, 73 of 845 Notre Dame W. .disappeared Thursday and was fished out of the canal two days later.
1 june 1949 Unidentified body fished out near 45 Colborne.
17 June 1949 - Two bodes fished out on the same day. One at 1030 who had fallen in an hour earlier from the Victoria Pier.. Paul Emile Girard 35, of 9 Sherbrooke E. was fished out. Later around 1145, another drowning victim, near the Cote St. Paul Bridge. Maurice Genest, 23, of 3934 Bannantyne.
25 May 1950 Thomas Berube, 42 of 320 Wilibrod in Berdun, he worked for the Transport Ministry. He died near 20th Ave. He fell in in front of an engineer. Someone tossed him a lifesaver but he failed to grasp it.
24 July 1950 Claude Renauld, 18, of 6323 D'Aragon drowned swimming, fished out 9 pm
22 Sept 1950 - A coroners jury decided there wasn't enough evidence to determine whether Mrs. Xavier Caron, 74, whose mutilated body was fished out of the Lachin Canal 20 Aug was assaulted of died of an accident. She left to go to Ste. Anne de Beaupre and got into a taxi to Windsor Station and wasn't seen after.
5 Oct 1950 - Armand Banville, 37 of the Meurlin refugee was fished out he fell in the water near the Victoria Pier. He was fishedout soon after.
31 Oct 1950 - Ralph Loach 64, of 1764 Le Prohon found Oct 28. He was born in England.
24 March 1951 Workers doing maintenance found the body of a man who had been in for over a month. Near McCord Street. He was Henry Stewart Scott, 54 of 1575 Wellington. he likely drowned around 22 Feb.
4 July 1951 - Harry Walker, about 25, found after about 5 days in the water near Black's Bridge
7 July 1951 John Eccles, 55 of 4555 Grand Blvd. apt 15. found near Cote St. Paul
16 July 1951 - Michael Marchuk, 35, of 885 14th Ave. Lachine was fished out at the foot of 18th Ave. near St. Joseph,
30 July 1951 Mrs. M. Murphy 65 of 294 Ann found at the foot of des Seigneurs. She disappeared 13 July -
10 August 1951 Unidentified man, aged about 40 at the foot of McGill Street
13 Aug 1951 - Joseph Lapointe, 43, of 2376 Duvernay drowned near Des Seigneurs.
16 May 1952 Richard Collette, 7, 635 Farm Street found near 990 Mill. He fell in on April 2 tossing stones.
4 Aug. 1952 - William Dickson, 889 Moffat around aged 60, fished out in Cote St.Paul.
March 20, 1953 Jean Pierre Lejour, 11, drowned 24 Jan. near 5022 St. Ambroise. Walter Murdoch of the Berdun police dived i repeatedly trying to save the boy.
29 June 1953 Unidentified man aged about 35.
26 Sept 1953 William J. Bell of Toronto found after falling in the water after visiting his brother in law. His body had been mangled by propellers.
4 Nov 1953 - Alex Galarneau aged about 50 from 97 de Castelneau.
23 March 1954 Unidentified body found nera 3535 St. Patrick
10 April 1954 - Unidentified body found at the foot of Wellington near the Point.
19 May 1954 Unidentified, wearing a blue tie.
28 May 1954 Bernard Lefebvre, 6 livign at 102 St. Augstin, drowned 17 May at the foot of Turgeon
25 Aug 1955 Auguste Babeau, 38 of Laprairei found by maintenance workers. He capsized fishing in Melocheville. His brother was found dead in the waters in Lac St. Louis.
26 Aug 1955 Alderic Leblanc, 45 of 1214 Notre Dame W. fished out near Black's Bridge. he was a caleche driver usually found on Sherbrooke and McGill.
21 Aug 1956 - unknown body found in Ville Lasalle aged 30 - 35 drowned about two or three days earlier.
23 May 1958 - Sante Siccone, 16 of LaTuque found near Cote St. Paul.
15 June 1959 - two unidentified bodies fished out.
15 July 59 Harold Wittington or Wattington, 460 St. Joseph. Had been missing for several weeks
6 April 1960 - Jack Barr who lived in a carbin near the Dominion Bridge factory was fished from the waters.
31 May 1960 unidentified man aged around 35 near des Seigneurs later identified as Napoleon Armstrong, 72, of 4835 Ste. Emile. Had disappeared 25 May.
22 Aug 1960 Romeo Croteau 16 of 386 Sebastopol. drowned while swimmign with 3 friends.
22 June 1961 John Adams, 30 of Lafleche. found near Colborne. fall into the water near the canal. -
April 24, 1962 Gerard Pilon, 43. Lachine police found him.
May 22 1962 John Garland, 58 of 2049 Coleraine.
22 May 1962 Roger Goyette, 7, of 2471 St. Charles didn't return to class Friday and was found dead in the canal Saturday morning.
Aug 2, 1962 - Unidentified man at foot of McGill around 35 years old with a tattoo reading Pauline
Aug 15, 1962 - Emile Lalonde aged about 40 living at 4544 De Lorimier was in water for at least a week.
29 Nov 1962 - Phillip Henry, 74 near St. Patrice Street in Lasalle he lived at 7504 Casgrain. and had gone missing a day earlier.
11 July 1963 Unidentified aged between 25 and 30 tattoo reading Mary
5 Aug 1963 unidetified around 55 years old in the water for many days near Lasalle Coke 570 St. Patrice in LaSalle
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26 Aug 1963 - Alfred Durocher, 57 of 2309 Ryde fished out . missing about one week.
16 March 1965 Mabel Curtis, 69, of 1676 A Grand Trunk. Had gone missing several weeks earlier. She was found 3 pm.
10 Sept 1965 Unidentified woman fished out she was about 20 and stood 5 foot five and was black.
6 Oct 1966 unidentified man fished out near Dominion Sugar
24 Aug 1967 - unidentified body found at foot of 6th ave.
24 Oct 1967 Charles Turcot, 52, a merchant from Mont Laurier shot 5 times and his body found near the bottom of des Seigneurs his car was in the muddy water of the canal - Michel Kontowt was charged.
19 Aug 1968 - body found in water near 4207 St. Ambroise
24 March 1969 Man in his 50s body found at 630 pm near Atwater
6 Aug 1969 Jeanne Bedard 45, of 6830 Monk found near Cote St Paul.
13 Aug 1969 Unidentified man near Charlevoix found at 945 pm
20 May 1971 Unidentified man found near des Seignuers. He stood 5 9 and weighed 160 and had been a long time in the water.
25 June 1971 Paul Emile Menard, 35, found in his car in the water near Lapraire and St. Patrick. He lived at 1740 Roberval and was inside the car. He was in advanced decomposition. He had disappeared 29 April 1970 after driving a friend back from work. He owned an oil delivery business. Two were later arrested and charged with murder. 13 Sept 1972 - Jacques Caron of 1860 Jacques Hertel aged 35 found dead in the canal at 425 St. Patrick
25 Oct 1975 Jean Guy Dubois and Jacques Ouimet manager of Iroquois murdered Guy Fournier of the Hotel Iroquois on Oct 23, 1975. He was fished from the Lachine canal. The duo were found guilty 28 April 1977
20 June 1978 Roger Lachapelle,14, fished out near Olivier where he was fishing with friends. He fell accidentally and didn't know how to swim.
29 Dec 1982 Norman Boyer, 10, drowned while his brother Patrick, 6, was on life support after jumping in to save his older brother near the 6th Ave. bridge.
6 Oct 1984 car went in the water and it wasn't immediately known how many inside.
24 April 1985 A Verdun man in his 40s was found in a Chrysler LeBaron in the waters near 32nd Ave. It was believed to be suicide. Drove fast enough to get 75 feet from the shore. It occured the previous October.
27 Nov 1986 Diver Alain Vienneau drowned working on a clean up operation for Parks Canada.
31 March 1988 unidentified man
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3 Nov. 1993 Gabriel Villarosa and Norma Casaclang Villarosa drove into the canal and drowned. Survivors sued the city for $300,000, claiming not enough salt had been put on St. Patrick Street, leading their car to slip into the waters after hitting tree.
15 Nov 1998 -A woman aged 25-30 fished out near Charlevoix
2 July 1999 Clinton Bennett, 6, of Bourget Street was walking along the canal with his friends they left him when it rained. He likely slipped in.
20 July 2007 Melanie Meunier, 27 found near Cote St. Paul. She had gone missing two weeks earlier.
21 Dec. 2010 Matthew Besner, 27,
disappeared after dining at the Original restaurant on St. Alexis near Notre Dame and is believed to have fallen through trying to cross over the thin ice. Besner, who worked at an insurance company, had texted his girlfriend at 3 a.m to say he'd be be home soon but was then spotted looking disoriented and asking for directions.
20 June 2011 - a man unidentified, around 25, found dead near des Seigneurs and Wellington
30 June 2014 Man drowned after leaping in near St. Remi at 6 a.m.
29 May 2016 Man, aged 34, fished out of canal near Pitt and St. Patrick after drowning while swimming.
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20 June 2011 - a man unidentified, around 25, found dead near des Seigneurs and Wellington
30 June 2014 Man drowned after leaping in near St. Remi at 6 a.m.
29 May 2016 Man, aged 34, fished out of canal near Pitt and St. Patrick after drowning while swimming.
NOT DEAD
26 Aug 1936 Joseph Kamitsky 30, of 5282 Ste. Marie Street tried twice to kill himself. He claimed he was just drunk and not suicidal.
10 aug 1937 Helen Deans, 48, fell into Lachine Canal off the Atwater Bridge.Traffic cop Gaston Veillette jumped in and saved her.
3 May 1948 William Sutherginn, 86, was saved by four people after falling in. (saviours were J. King of 204 Coleraine, W.H. Boyle 318 Bourgeois John McKernan 1053 Grand Trunk and John Bryson 1053 Shiller)
17 Aug 1931 Mrs. William Lefebvre 22, of 3065 Albert was saved from drowning by a passerby.