Pointe-Claire Hotel

Since the 1970s, the building long known as the Hôtel Pointe-Claire has housed one of the most popular restaurant-bars in the west of the Island. Although its main vocation now revolves around catering, the building has been at the heart of a hotel operation since the 1880s, when the property was run by Louis Labelle, the "innkeeper of the parish." In 1901, Wilfrid and Napoléon Schetagne rebuilt the hotel following the fire that ravaged a good part of the Village, including the post office and the town hall.

In 1904, Napoléon sold his shares to his brother Wilfrid under an agreement stipulating that the latter "will not have the right to operate a hotel within the limits of the village of Pointe-Claire." Numerous owners then succeeded at the head of this establishment, which changed names as many times before becoming the Hôtel Pointe-Claire in the early 1960s.

In 1979, the Hotel changed its vocation and became the Bar Pionnier, but it had to give way to the restaurant Clydes in 1995, following complaints due to the noise caused by the bar's patronage. In 2011, with the arrival of a new administration, the establishment was renamed Le Pionnier.

Bibliographic References

MONTREAL GAZETTE. Pioneer returns to Pointe-Claire club scene. Nov. 2^nd, 2011. Retrieved at http://montrealgazette.com/news/world/pioneer-returns-to-pointe-claire-club-scene