Visting Montreal and Charlemagne

[drama98nut]

Hi Everyone!

 

I'm going to be visiting Montreal for the first time and seeing Celine the first night that she's there. However, while I'm seeing Celine's show and visiting Montreal, I also wanted to visit Charlemagne! Has anyone been there? I'm trying to find information on what the best way to get there is. Should I rent a car? Also, does anyone have any information or tips on what to see and where to go (Celine sites ha ha)? Any recommendations would be so helpful!

 

Thanks so much,

 

Sara...

[minniemare5]

I went to Charlemagne about 5 or so years ago. I can't remember how I got there ( we drove, i just don't know exactly how to get there, my dad drove as I was 13 I think), but yes I would rent a car. I know you have to take the expressway...it's about 15-20 mins from downtown Montreal. In Charlemagne you can visit the Celine globe and her house which is on the main street. (sorry can't remember street names). I know you can also go to her school...I tried to find it, but couldn't. The city is very small so it shouldn't be hard to navigate. Hopefully you speak some french. I had awesome directions with a bunch of Celne sites and restaurants (her favourites) to go to that another fan sent me, but I unfortunately no longer have it.

[CelineAndRene]

I want to go there

[KimboCosmo]

I wanted to go see her house she grew up in which changed into a store, and stand where she said she would turn around and wave at her mom in the morning going to school...but I heard recently they tore the house down

[Yentl Anchel]

If you wanna visit Charlemange, you need to go there by car. The steet the house is located is called Rue Notre Dame. You can also visit Céline's prim. School there, the name of the school is: St jude and you can walk from the old house to the school in about 10 minutes. and is located at Rue Trépanier. The Céline globe is located at a parking close to a supermarket. When I and friends went to Canada, we even visited the church where Papa and Maman Dion were married.

 

 

 

I went to Charlemagne about 5 or so years ago. I can't remember how I got there ( we drove, i just don't know exactly how to get there, my dad drove as I was 13 I think), but yes I would rent a car. I know you have to take the expressway...it's about 15-20 mins from downtown Montreal. In Charlemagne you can visit the Celine globe and her house which is on the main street. (sorry can't remember street names). I know you can also go to her school...I tried to find it, but couldn't. The city is very small so it shouldn't be hard to navigate. Hopefully you speak some french. I had awesome directions with a bunch of Celne sites and restaurants (her favourites) to go to that another fan sent me, but I unfortunately no longer have it.

[Yentl Anchel]

They didn't pore it down. I heard that the Dion famaly bought it back and want to make it a Céline Dion museum..

 

I wanted to go see her house she grew up in which changed into a store, and stand where she said she would turn around and wave at her mom in the morning going to school...but I heard recently they tore the house down

[drama98nut]

Thank you sooo much for your replies! They really do help a lot... Now I'm getting more and more excited! I also remember seeing this clip where Celine was in Charlemagne (or maybe it was in Montreal) and she went to this bakery and had her favorite pastry (I believe the same one she had for her wedding cake). Does anyone remember what that pastry was called or what that boulangerie was? I've been trying to find it through my Celine tapings, but I have so many lol. I know that probably sounds crazy, but it would be fun to go there... Plus, I love sweets =)

[Jacqui]

Her wedding cake was made of profiteroles. That's all I know about anything in this topic lol.

[KimboCosmo]

They didn't pore it down. I heard that the Dion famaly bought it back and want to make it a Céline Dion museum..

 

I wanted to go see her house she grew up in which changed into a store, and stand where she said she would turn around and wave at her mom in the morning going to school...but I heard recently they tore the house down

Do you have a source confirming that?

[drama98nut]

Yeah, it was from a T.V. special that Celine was being interviewed on. I can't remember what it was called though, but I do remember the owners of the bakery even had an 8x10 picture of Celine in their bakery on the wall there. So it must have been profiteroles that Celine was getting =)

[Yentl Anchel]

It was somewhere on the net on a canadian newpaper site.. CAn't remember where, but I think I got the link from the forum...

 

 

 

They didn't pore it down. I heard that the Dion famaly bought it back and want to make it a Céline Dion museum..

 

I wanted to go see her house she grew up in which changed into a store, and stand where she said she would turn around and wave at her mom in the morning going to school...but I heard recently they tore the house down

Do you have a source confirming that?

[Davey84]

They didn't pore it down. I heard that the Dion famaly bought it back and want to make it a Céline Dion museum..

 

I wanted to go see her house she grew up in which changed into a store, and stand where she said she would turn around and wave at her mom in the morning going to school...but I heard recently they tore the house down

Do you have a source confirming that?

 

http://www.celinedionforum.com/index.php?s...;hl=charlemagne

 

 

The Dion family recently bought back the ancestral house, and Mr. Grenier said there is talk of turning it into a Celine Dion museum, but he thinks that is a couple years off.

 

[KimboCosmo]

Awesome! Good news then! I will put that back on my places to go before I die list then

[nic]

You don't have to hire a car. It's fairly easy to get there by bus. It leaves from the Radisson metro station (the second last stop on the green line going in the direction of Honoré Beaugrand). You take the service to Repentigny and then change there for Charlemagne. Here's a link to the timetables. http://www.gortc.info/horaire.html

[SensationalCeline]

They didn't pore it down. I heard that the Dion famaly bought it back and want to make it a Céline Dion museum..

 

I wanted to go see her house she grew up in which changed into a store, and stand where she said she would turn around and wave at her mom in the morning going to school...but I heard recently they tore the house down

Do you have a source confirming that?

 

http://www.celinedionforum.com/index.php?s...;hl=charlemagne

 

 

The Dion family recently bought back the ancestral house, and Mr. Grenier said there is talk of turning it into a Celine Dion museum, but he thinks that is a couple years off.

 

 

I definitley have to go there now sometime. This is such an interesting topic. I hope you have fun!

[drama98nut]

I'm so excited! On another note, I had no idea Celine's Dad was buried in Charlemagne... Awww, it makes me so sad but it's touching to know they buried him there.

[Shesings2me]

So drama...when are you going to be in Montreal 'cause a few of us are planning a tour to some Celine sites and to Charlemagne. We'll be there at the end of August and are planning the trip on Aug 31. For your info, here are some pics of my recent trip to Charlemagne that I took with my niece.

 

From Hwy 15 North to the Hwy 40 East

 

Now we're on the Hwy 40 (or the Metropolitan)

 

About to go over the Charles de Gaulle bridge over the Riviere des Prairies, Charlemagne just on the other side of the water from the island of Montreal

 

...And here we are...

 

The famous Boul. Celine Dion

 

The Celine Globe needs a bit of paint

 

...another angle

 

...and another angle

 

...and yet another angle

 

Another street sign

 

The Dion Family home

 

In the backyard looking through the trees to the Riviere des Prairies

 

From the front of the house on rue Notre Dame looking down the street to the Globe at boul Celine Dion

 

The town church

 

Town Hall

 

More of rue Notre Dame

 

By the river further down on rue Notre Dame (it was close to the Jean Baptiste holiday)

 

One more famous street sign as we said goodbye

 

Seeing the pics is just not enough to do this town justice. It's so pretty and quiet. I didn't check out the school but will do so next month. I hope you have the luck of meeting someone in town who helps give you a unique experience. It is definitely very exciting to be where it all started for our sweetheart!

Edited July 17, 2008 at 08:47 AM by Shesings2me

[Simon]

Thank you for the photos!

[zoea2812]

The photos are beautiful. Thankyou

[Soloni]

thanks so mch for the photos

[Jacqui]

Thankyou soooo much for showing us your pics!!! Everytime I hear about Celine's childhood, I wonder exactly what all these things look like, so it's awesome to see them!!!

[Davey84]

thanks for the pix!!! it's great to see the charlemagne route!

 

The Celine Globe needs a bit of paint

 

yeah it really does!

 

 

if walls could talk....

[VintageCeline]

Wow!

 

Its weird to see where she grew up, and the house she always talks about. It looks so quiet and peaceful, you would never imagine someone would become so famous like Celine has from there.

 

x

[drama98nut]

Ahhhh! I'm even more excited now! Thank you so much for the pictures! Unfortunately, I'm going to be there at the beginning of Celine's leg from August 13 - August 20.

[A New Day Has Come]

Thank you so much for the pictures your best. yeah if only those walls could talk what would say eh.

[Galuush]

Amazing!

Well now I really need to go to Canada, Charlemange

[bruno_oliveira]

i think that going to that globe and to that house its like going to meca

or going to the dakota building to beatles fans....

 

it's a sacred place right..hahahaha

 

 

but first i need to see her live....

Edited July 17, 2008 at 11:01 PM by bruno_oliveira

[Shesings2me]

Awww guys...thanks for all the nice comments on my pics. It will always be my utmost pleasure to share my Celine love with all of you. Celine's voice is a sweet dream gifted to us by God, and her soul is the wind that moves me! Just sharing a little of my Celine poetry that I just made up sitting in the sun on my deck today; I was listening to La Memoire D'Abraham and it just filled me up with so much beauty that I started thinking of these words.

 

Love yas, T.

Edited July 18, 2008 at 01:54 AM by Shesings2me

[stevethefan]

Great pix! I've been near that town but unfortunately have never visited it (yet). I know that at one time her house was converted into a hardware store. Is it still a hardware store?

[celínico_sin_remedio]

Hey! Thank you so very much for the photos 'SheSingsToMe'!!