MONTREAL 



5512 



MONTROSE 



power from the Shawinigan Falls 

 and the Lachine Rapids. The city 

 is governed by a council of mayor 

 and aldermen, the latter being 

 elected every two years. With 

 adjacent places on the island, it 

 sends 12 members to the Dominion 

 House of Commons, and is also 

 represented in the provincial 

 legislature at Quebec. 



Montreal. Island of Quebec, 

 Canada, on which stands the city 

 of this name. Its length is 30 m., 

 extreme width 10 m., and area 

 about 200 sq. m. It is famous for 

 its apple orchards. Mount Royal 

 (800 ft.) is the highest point. 



Montreal, BANK OF. Canadian 

 banking company. Founded in 

 1819, it was incorporated on July 

 2, 1882, has a paid-up capital of 

 3,200,000, and acts as financial 

 agent to the government of Canada. 

 Its headquarters are in Montreal, 

 and, in addition to branches and 

 agencies in Canada, it has others in 

 New York, Chicago, and Mexico 

 city. Its London offices are at 47, 

 Threadneedle Street, E.G. 



Montreal Star, THE. Canadian 

 evening newspaper founded in 

 Montreal as The Evening Star, Jan. 

 16, 1869, by Hugh Graham, who 

 was knighted in 1908 and made a 

 peer as Lord Atholstan(g 1 . v.) in 1917, 

 and George T. Lanigan. Its title 

 was changed to its present one 

 on April 16, 1877. The paper has 

 been closely identified with all the 

 principal patriotic movements in 

 the Dominion. An associated pub- 

 lication is The Family Herald and 

 Weekly Star. 



Montreuil. Town of France, 

 in the dept. of Pas-de-Calais. It is 

 on the river Canche, 8 m. from its 

 mouth, and 20 m. S.S.E. of 

 Boulogne, and on the main rly. 

 Boulogne-Amiens-Paris. Its an- 

 cient ramparts still survive, and it 

 possesses many old buildings. The 

 church of S. Saulve dates from the 

 12th century. Once on the sea, 

 as indicated by its official name 

 Montreuil-sur-Mer, it was long a 

 noted posting-stage on the Calais- 

 Paris highway. It is referred to 

 in Sterne's A Sentimental Journey. 

 From March, 1916, to April, 1919, 

 it was the British G.H.Q. in the 



Great War. Earl 

 Haig had his 

 headquarters at 

 the Chateau de 

 Beaurepaire, 3 

 m. to the S.E. 

 It suffered night 

 air raids in 1918. 

 Pop. 3,400. 



Montreux. 

 Series of lakeside 

 villages of Switz- 

 erland, in the 

 canton of Vaud. 

 They stand on 

 the N.E. shore of 

 Lake Geneva, 

 about 60 m. N.E. 

 of Geneva, and 

 Clarens to Veytaux, including 

 also Vernex, Les Planches, Glion, 

 Colonges, and Territet. The cen- 

 tral point is the town of Montreux- 

 Vernex, with a rly. station and 

 steamboat pier, quays, villas and 

 gardens, a college, a kursaal, etc. 

 There are English churches at Ter- 

 ritet, Clarens, and Glion. Montreux 

 is a tourist resort. Pop. 18,800. 



Montrose. Royal, num., and 

 police burgh, and seaport of For- 

 farshire, Scotland. It stands on a 

 peninsula where the South Esk falls 

 into the North Sea, the river here 

 forming an estuary and also what 

 is known as Montrose basin, these 



Montreux, Switzerland. Town on the eastern shore ot 

 the lake of Geneva 



extend from 



plies water, and owns five golf 

 courses. During the Great War 

 there was an aerodrome here. 

 Attempts have 

 been made, but 

 without success, 

 to reclaim Mont- 

 rose basin, which 

 covers about 2 sq. 

 m. In the estuary 

 is the island of 

 Montrose arms Rossie or Inch- 

 braycock, which is connected by a 

 bridge with the town proper. 

 Market day, Fri. Pop. 12,000. 



Montrose, DUKE OP. Scottish 

 title borne since 1707 by the family 

 of Graham. In 1488 the title was 



Montrose Fori'arshire. General view of the town, with the harbour and quays 



Montreuil, France. Courtyard of the Ecole Militaire or 



Barracks used as the offices of British G.H.Q. from 



March, 1916, to April, 1919 



being S. and W. of the town re- 

 spectively. It is served by the 

 N.B. and Cal. Rlys., being 31 m. 

 from Dundee and 34 m. from Aber- 

 deen. The buildings include the 

 parish church, town hall, academy, 

 infirmary, etc. There is a har- 

 bour with docks and other accom- 

 modation. In addition to fishing 

 and shipping, the 

 industries include 

 flax-spinning and 

 the making of 

 linen, rope, etc., 

 also shipbuilding 

 and brewing. 

 Montrose was 

 made a burgh in 

 the 12th century, 

 and was a flourish- 

 ing seaport hi the 

 later Middle Ages. 

 The council sup- 



given to David Lindsay, earl of 

 Crawford. It did not pass to his 

 descendants, and, in 1505, Wiliiam, 

 3rd Lord Graham, who had married 

 a relative of the late duke, was 

 made earl of Montrose. His grand- 

 father had been made Lord 

 Graham in 1445, and he himself 

 was killed at Flodden. John, the 

 3rd earl, who succeeded to the 

 title in 1571, was chancellor of 

 Scotland, 1599-1604, and regent of 

 the kingdom for James VI after 

 that king succeeded to the English 

 throne in 1603. He died in 1608. 

 His son was the 4th earl, and the 

 5th was the soldier James Graham, 

 who was made a marquess in 1644, 

 and was the most famous member 

 of the family. 



James, the 4th marquess, was a 

 leading politician at the time of the 

 revolution of 1688. He supported 



