Timeless Canada

THE PRETTIEST WAY to approach this village north of Montreal is on the small ferry that chugs across the Lake of Two Mountains from Hudson. Framed by mountains and orchards, from the water the small Neo-Romanesque 1878 church is visible through the trees. (daha fazla…)

THIS FERTILE VALLEY follows the 130-km (80-mile) Richelieu River north from Chambly to Saint-Denis. Fort Chambly, also known as Fort St. Louis, in the industrial town of Chambly along the valley on the Montreal Plain, is the best preserved of a series of ancient buildings that the French erected to defend this vital waterway from Dutch and British attack. (daha fazla…)

THIS ISOLATED little fragment of New France at first appears lost among the apartment buildings of working class Pointe-Saint-Charles. It was a farm when the formidable Marguerite Bourgeoys, Montreal’s first schoolteacher and now a canonized saint, bought it in 1668 as a residence for the religious order she had founded in 1655. (daha fazla…)

THIS 116-ha (286-acre) wedge of land encircled by the St. Lawrence Seaway did not exist until 1967, when it was created with rock excavated for the Montreal métro system. It shared Expo ’67 with Ile-Sainte-Hélène, and today the two islands constitute the Parc-des-Iles. (daha fazla…)

THIS SMALL forested island in the middle of the St. Lawrence River has played a major role in Montreal’s emergence as a modern city. Originally named after Samuel de  Champlain’s wife, Ile-Sainte-Hélène was the site of Expo ’67, the world fair that brought millions of visitors to the city in the summer of 1967. (daha fazla…)

DESIGNED FOR the 1976 Olympic Games, Montreal’s Olympic Park showpieces a number of stunning modern buildings. Paris architect Roger Taillibert created the Stadium, now known to many Montrealers as “The Big Owe,” a reference not only to its round shape but the Can$695 million it cost to build. The stadium, seating 56,000, is used today for concerts by international stars, as well as for big exhibitions, and as a modern attraction in a historic city. Arching up the side of the stadium is the Montreal Tower, with its fine views. Nearby, the Biodome environmental museum replicates four world climates. (daha fazla…)

THE STEEP GREEN bump that rises above the city center is only 234 m (767 ft) high, but Montrealers call it simply ‘‘the mountain’’ or ‘‘la montagne.’’ Jacques Cartier gave the peak its name when he visited in 1535 and it, in turn, gave its name to the city. (daha fazla…)

IN THE LATTER HALF of the 19th century, Montreal was one of the most important cities in the British Empire. Its traders and industrialists controlled about 70 percent of Canada’s wealth, and many built themselves fine homes on the slopes of Mont Royal in an area that became known as the Golden, or Square, Mile. (daha fazla…)

WHEN MONTREAL’S first Catholic cathedral burned down in 1852, Bishop Ignace Bourget decided to demonstrate the importance of the Catholic Church in Canada by building a new one in a district dominated at the time by the English Protestant commercial elite. (daha fazla…)

THESE TWO open squares create a green oasis in central downtown Montreal. On the north side of Boulevard René-Lévesque, statues including Canada’s first French-Canadian prime minister, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, share the shade of Square Dorchester’s trees with a war memorial. (daha fazla…)