Anne Myles served as counclor of Baie-D'Urfé in 1978 and then as Mayor from 1983 to 2002.
From 2002 to 2005 Baie-D'Urfé was forced merged with Montreal. After Anne had decided to retire from public office in 2005 an article about her was published in News & Views:
News & Views Oct. 2005, Anne Myles... a fond tribute, click to read
Photos related to the above article about Anne Myles:
Anne Myles New Mayor, N&V June, 1983
Bernard Report, death sentence for Baie-D'Urfé, N&V Nov. 2000, click image to read full text
Hell no, we won't go, The Gazette Nov. 17, 2000
Anne Myles wins the Beaconsfield/Baie-D’Urfé Borough, Oct 2003, photo: Le Devoir, BAnQ archive
Myles retires from public office, The Gazette Sep. 14, 2005
Tricentennial concert, source: the Gazette, June 5, 1986
Poster for the Baie-D'Urfé tricentennial concert June 20th, 1986, source: BAnQ archive
Baie-D'Urfé tricentennial concert June 20th, 1986
Baie-D'Urfé tricentennial concert June 20th, 1986
Mayor Anne Myles
Mayor Anne Myles participating in a tug of war, 1984, source: N&V
Plaque at Fritz, photo 2019.
George Edward Fritz
Plaque at Fritz, photo May 25 1986.
Mayor Anne Myles at the Fritz Memorial Plaque, photo May 25 1986.
Fritz memorial park with community center, Baie-D’Urfe.
Fritz Memorial Park, Baie-D’Urfe.
Fritz memorial park and community center. Click on the image for a full panorama.
Fritz Memorial Park. Click on the image for a full panorama.
Band stand at the Fritz Memorial Park.
Fritz Farm Community Center.
Fritz Farm Community Center.
Anne Myles Garden: To thank Anne for her service to the town a garden behind town hall was named after her. The garden was created in 2007.
Anne Myles Garden: view towards the water. Picture from 2019.
The tricentennial celebrations in 1986 started with a winter carnival. Snow castle at Fritz park, Feb 1986.
The tricentennial celebrations in 1986 started with a winter carnival. Snow castle at Fritz park, Feb 1986.
Anne Myles became Mayor by acclamation in 1983, after David Kennedy had left. She was first elected as Mayor in 1986, tree at town hall, photo June 2020
Tree at the red barn, photo Dec. 2020
Anne Myles, Article in the News & Views maganzine, Sep 2023, issue 816, pdf file
The industrial park of Baie-D'Urfé is often forgotten because it is barely visible form within the residential area. A comparison of aerial images from 1975 and 2005 shows how much it had changed and how many additional companies came to this industrial park.
Aerial view of most of the industrial park area, 1975, photo: Archives de la Ville de Montreal
Aerial view of the industrial park, Aug. 2005, source: google earth, industrial park area marked in orange
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