Intro to Summer Residents

The summer residents are those who's residence in Beaconsfield was a holiday residence.

Alex E. Christmas (1884-1960)

A stockbroker and an outstanding athlete, Alex Christmas built his summer residence in 1927 at 430 Lakeshore. He donated the land for the Christmas Memorial Park in 1937. This became the first park in Beaconsfield.

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Andrew C. Cordner is the founder of the North Eastern Lunch Co. Ltd.  He opened a chain of these popular eating-places. He built his residence in 1915 at 472 Lakeshore.

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Son of Sir George Drummond, Arthur Lennox Drummond bought a house built for J.S. Hall c1895, neighbour to his brother Huntly. He summered in Beaconsfield till 1946. The house was sold to the Jesuits and converted into a retreat house, called “Manresa Retreat House”. The street Manresa took its name from this Retreat House, which burned down in November 1963, the day before it was scheduled to be demolished.

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Son of Sir George Drummond, Huntly Drummond bought farm #25 from R.A. Mainwaring, a real estate dealer, in 1895. His residence was called "The Gables". Gables Court and East Gables Court are named after this property. Huntly Drummond was an accomplished athlete, as a ski jumper and as football player.

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In 1893, C.H. Godfrey built his residence, still standing at 442 Lakeshore Road. Unfortunately, due to a fire in 1937, the house original design has been lost.

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David Lamoureux (1866-1930)

Born in Michigan, David Lamoureux came to Montreal and worked for MLW/CPR. In 1916, farm #4 was bought under the name of his wife, Christina Minto. In 1922, he subdivided farm #4 into lots (Lakeview Boulevard). His company, Mansfield Realty Corp., owned other land in Beaurepaire, in Beaconsfield and in Montréal. His children, including Edouard Lamoureux, were also shareholders in the company. 

He donated the boat landing at the bottom of Lakeview Boulevard to the City of Beaconsfield.

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Jean-Baptiste Letendre (1848-     )

Born in Sorel, Jean-Baptiste Letendre became the epitome of the self-made man. He owned a dry-goods store, Au Bon Marché, in the east end of Montreal, the "Morgan" of the East. He built his residence, Oakleigh, in 1904 on the shore of Lake St. Louis (36 Lakeshore Road, Beaconsfield). It was demolished shortly before year 2000.

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J. Augustine Mann, K.C. (1876-    )

Born in Montreal, J. Augustine Mann bought 470 Lakeshore Road in 1907. That property, with the house now numbered 13 Thomson Point, included the space occupied by all the properties on the cul-de-sac named Thompson-Point Street. Mann was created King’s Counsel in 1911.

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James Todd McCall (1857-1937)

Born in Scotland, James Todd McCall arrived in Canada in 1879. With George Edward Drummond he founded the Drummond, McCall and Co. in 1881. In 1885, they were the exclusive representatives in Montreal for 12 British iron and steel manufacturers, including three in Scotland. James Todd McCall came to Beaurepaire in 1911 and bought 442 Lakeshore, C.H. Godfrey’s house built in 1893. Due to a fire in 1937, the original design of this house has been lost.

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