Chinatown in Montreal
Chinatown is a neighbourhood in Montreal that contains many Asian restaurants, food markets, and convenience stores as well as being home to many of Montreal’s East Asian community centres.
Parc Jarry
Parc Jarry is a park in the Villeray neighbourhood of Montreal. I saw a lot of squirrels there.
Walk in Parc Nature du Bois-de-Liesse
The Bois-de-Liesse Nature Park is a large park in the northwestern part of the island of Montreal, near the Rivière des Prairies. It has a number of walking trails to choose from (see the map). In winter, the trails are used for cross-country skiing (see the winter map).
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours
The Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel is one of the oldest churches in Montreal. It was built in 1771 in the district of Old Montreal, near the Old Port.
Redpath Museum
The Redpath Museum is a museum of natural history located inside McGill University’s campus in Downtown Montreal. It houses collections of interest to ethnology, biology, paleontology, and mineralogy/geology.
Parc La Fontaine
La Fontaine Park (Parc La Fontaine) is a large park in the Plateau neighbourhood of Montreal.
Montreal Botanical Garden
The Montreal Botanical Garden (Jardin botanique de Montréal) is a large botanical garden located in Maisonneuve Park near the Olympic Stadium and Biodome. It has a number of thematic parks, including a Japanese garden, Chinese garden, First Nations garden and Alpine garden.
Above, photo of the Botanical Garden and Parc Maisonneuve from the Montreal Tower observatory.
Montreal Biodome
The Montreal Biodome is a greenhouse located at the Olympic Park in Montreal, near the Olympic Stadium. The building was originally designed to serve as a velodrome for the 1976 Summer Olympics. The Biodome lets visitors walk through replicas of 5 ecosystems found in the Americas: Tropical Forest, Laurentian Maple Forest, Gulf of Saint Lawrence Marine Ecosystem, Labrador Coast, Sub-Antarctic Islands.