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Verdun, Montréal — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Verdun is a riverside borough of Montréal, its streets running along the Lachine rapids out toward Nuns' Island.
About Verdun
Where to stay in Verdun
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Verdun draws more visitors than it once did, though beds stay modest. Small hotels and rentals dot the borough's main streets and the towers of Nuns' Island, an easy ride from central Montréal along the water. The waterfront is the draw.
Choose Verdun for river paths, local cafés, and events at the Verdun Auditorium, close to the city without its crush.
About Verdun
What are the main landmarks in Verdun?
The Verdun Auditorium is the borough's best-known gathering place, a large event hall near the river. Out on Nuns' Island, the Nuns' Island gas station stands as a rare piece of modern design, while older Verdun keeps its churches close: the Église Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs de Montréal and Saint Paul's Church. History runs deeper still.
The Maison Étienne-Nivard-de Saint-Dizier and the site archéologique du Pied-des-Rapides-de-Lachine reach back to the earliest days along the rapids.
What is the history of Verdun?
Verdun traces its beginnings to 1671, when the riverside land was first granted for farming. The Maison Étienne-Nivard-de Saint-Dizier survives from those early days as one of the oldest houses in the area. Fishing and farming came first.
Later the borough filled with houses and the Verdun Auditorium, and the site archéologique du Pied-des-Rapides-de-Lachine still marks where people gathered by the rapids long before Verdun joined Montréal within Québec and Canada.
Where is Verdun?
Verdun stretches along the Lachine rapids within Montréal, reaching out to Nuns' Island in the province of Québec.
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Updated July 2026