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This is a list of National Historic Sites (French: Lieux historiques nationaux) in Montreal, Quebec and surrounding municipalities on the Island of Montreal.. As of 2018, there are 61 National Historic Sites in this region, [1] of which four (Lachine Canal, Louis-Joseph Papineau, Sir George-Étienne Cartier and The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site) are administered by Parks Canada ...
Mechanical lift devices were first installed in Mount Royal Park in 1945. [30] In the 1940s, there were two and a half miles of ski slopes available. [31] A ski shop was first installed in the park in 1938. [32] Prior to that, in the 1920s, one of the best ski jumps in Canada was the one on Mount Royal, near Côte-des-Neiges. [33]
Mount Royal Park, the grand central city park and hill of Montreal once hosted alpine skiing runs next to Beaver Lake and ski jumps. The ski runs last operated in the 1990s. It now only hosts cross-country skiing, and sliding.
Jeanne Mance Park, formerly known as Fletcher's Field, is an urban park in the Plateau Mont-Royal borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Named after the co-founder of Montreal, Jeanne Mance, the park is located along Park Avenue, opposite Mount Royal, and just south of Mount Royal Avenue. [1] It has an area of 14 hectares. [2]
Mount Royal is topped by an illuminated cross that has become a Montreal landmark. Beaver Lake (Lac aux castors), Mount Royal. Observant hikers on the park's many trails will find an abundance of small wildlife. In the winter, the park is the site of numerous cross-country ski trails and a new, refrigerated skating rink near Beaver Lake.
Mount Royal (French: Mont-Royal [mɔ̃ ʁwajal], officially Town of Mount Royal, Ville Mont-Royal, abbreviated TMR, French: VMR) is an affluent on-island suburban town located on the northwest side of the eponymous Mount Royal, northwest of Downtown Montreal, on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada.
Mount Royal Chalet is a building located near the summit of Mount Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The chalet was constructed in 1932 [1] under the mayoralty of Camillien Houde as a make-work project during the Great Depression. [2] The French Beaux Arts structure was designed by Montreal architect Aristide Beaugrand-Champagne (1876-1950). [3 ...
Ravenscrag is a former mansion that was built between 1860 and 1863 for Hugh Allan (later Sir Hugh Allan) in the Golden Square Mile of Montreal, Quebec.It stands at 1025 Pine Avenue West at the top of McTavish Street, on the slopes of Mount Royal.