In the 1970s, a Lachute driving teacher once said:
'You will know how to drive when you can drive on Main Street on a Friday night.'
The postcard and articles come my father's files. It is not possible to offer a complete history of the configuration of Main Street through the years. However, a number of articles show the process through which a major change was made in 1965.
The undated, unused postcard below probably shows the previous arrangement of Main Street parking. It is repeated in a larger, lighter format in case readers are looking for particular details.
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In the summer of 1964, an experiment was tried ...
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In May of 1965, the Lachute Watchman documents that the change was made ...
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A view of Main Street from Google Earth, circa June 2022.
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| from: Google Earth, image from June 2022. |
