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Angrignon Park
Angrignon Park (, ) is an urban park in the Southwest borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Angrignon Park has a total area of 97 hectares. It includes a 1.1km long lake. It is considered by the City of Montreal as one of its large parks. The park is named for Jean-Baptiste Angrignon (1875–1948), an alderman in Côte Saint-Paul from 1921 to 1934. Before 1927, the area was named Crawford Park. The park was inspired by the design of 19th-century English gardens. The park contains 20,000 trees, winding paths and a pond surrounded by cattails. The park is located just south of Ville-Émard, east of Carrefour Angrignon Carrefour Angrignon () is a shopping centre in the Montreal borough of LaSalle, Quebec, Canada. Popular stores include Winners/ HomeSense, Staples, Best Buy, Maxi and Famous Players. There is also a food court. Built in 1986, it is located on ..., which is also named after Jean-Baptiste Angrignon, and west of Verdun. The park was once home to a small farm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban Park
An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a city park, municipal park (North America), public park, public open space, or municipal gardens (United Kingdom, UK), is a park or botanical garden in cities, densely populated suburbia and other municipal corporation, incorporated places that offers open space reserve, green space and places for recreation to residents and visitors. Urban parks are generally Landscape architecture, landscaped by design, instead of lands left in their natural state. The design, operation and maintenance, repair and operations, maintenance is usually done by government agencies, typically on the local government, local level, but may occasionally be contracted out to a park conservancy, "friends of" group, or private sector company. Depending on size, budget, and land features, which varies considerably among individual parks, common features include playgrounds, gardens, hiking, running, fitness trails or paths, bridle paths, sports fields and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Garden
The English landscape garden, also called English landscape park or simply the English garden (, , , , ), is a style of "landscape" garden which emerged in England in the early 18th century, and spread across Europe, replacing the more formal, symmetrical French formal garden which had emerged in the 17th century as the principal gardening style of Europe. The English garden presented an idealized view of nature. Created and pioneered by William Kent and others, the "informal" garden style originated as a revolt against the architectural garden and drew inspiration from landscape paintings by Salvator Rosa, Claude Lorrain, and Nicolas Poussin, as well as from the classic Chinese gardens of the East, which had recently been described by European travellers and were realized in the Anglo-Chinese garden.Bris, Michel Le. 1981. ''Romantics and Romanticism.'' Skira/Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. New York 1981. 215 pp. age 17Tomam, Rolf, editor. 2000. ''Neoclassicism and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoos In Quebec
A zoo (short for zoological garden; also called an animal park or menagerie) is a facility where animals are kept within enclosures for public exhibition and often bred for conservation purposes. The term ''zoological garden'' refers to zoology, the study of animals. The term is derived from the Ancient Greek , , 'animal', and the suffix , , 'study of'. The abbreviation ''zoo'' was first used of the London Zoological Gardens, which was opened for scientific study in 1828, and to the public in 1847."Landmarks in ZSL History" , Zoological Society of London and Princess Margareta Hohenzolern Duda move in Zoo withK kinga Tanajewska ( daughter,n 1981 ). The first modern zoo was the Tierpark Hagenbeck by [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tourist Attractions In Montreal
Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity only", as people "travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure and not less than 24 hours, business and other purposes". Tourism can be domestic (within the traveller's own country) or international. International tourism has both incoming and outgoing implications on a country's balance of payments. Between the second half of 2008 and the end of 2009, tourism numbers declined due to a severe Economy, economic slowdown (see Great Recession) and the outbreak of the 2009 2009 flu pandemic, H1N1 influenza virus. These numbers, however, recovered until the COVID-19 pandemic put an abrupt end to the growth. The United Nations World Tourism Organization has estimated that g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bois-de-Saraguay Nature Park
The Bois-de-Saraguay Nature Park () is a large nature park in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It has an area of about 97 hectares. It has about of hiking trails. The park area had been closed since its acquisition by the City in the early 1980s and almost gave way to a real estate project in the late 1970s. The park was inaugurated as Bois-de-Saraguay Nature Park on 2 June 2016. The park is one of four parts of the Bois-de Saraguay heritage site. It is mainly made up of deciduous trees. Maple groves, ash groves, poplar groves, and oak groves constitute the forest. There are several large, century-old trees. In addition, the forest includes plants designated as vulnerable, vulnerable to harvesting, or likely to be designated as threatened or vulnerable. On 7 December 2020, the City of Montreal announced a plan to create a green corridor between the park and Angrignon Park Angrignon Park (, ) is an urban park in the Southwest borough of Mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Line (Montreal Metro)
The Green Line (, ), also known as Line 1 (), is one of the four lines of the Montreal Metro in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The line runs through the commercial section of downtown Montreal underneath De Maisonneuve Boulevard, Boulevard de Maisonneuve, formerly . It runs mainly on a northeast to southwest axis with a connection to the Orange Line (Montreal Metro), Orange and Yellow Line (Montreal Metro), Yellow Lines at Berri-UQAM (Montreal Metro), Berri-UQAM, and with the Orange Line west of downtown at Lionel-Groulx (Montreal Metro), Lionel-Groulx. The section between Atwater (Montreal Metro), Atwater and Frontenac (Montreal Metro), Frontenac was part of the initial network; the line was extended to Honoré-Beaugrand (Montreal Metro), Honoré-Beaugrand in 1976 to provide easy access to 1976 Summer Olympics sites. It was extended to Angrignon (Montreal Metro), Angrignon in 1978. All but three stations — De L'Église (Montreal Metro), De L'Église, , and Charlevoix (Montreal Met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verdun, Quebec
Verdun ( , , ) is a Montreal borough, borough (''arrondissement'') of the city of Montreal, Quebec, located in the southeastern part of the island. Long known as a working class neighbourhood, it has experienced significant gentrification and social change in the 21st century. Etymology The borough's name is a shortening of Saverdun, in France, the hometown of its early settler Zacharie Dupuy. History Early history There is archaeological evidence of indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous peoples in the area as early as 5,500 years ago. A portage along what is now the boulevard LaSalle was used to pass the Lachine Rapids. A trading post was established at nearby Fort Ville-Marie in 1611 and colonization of the Island of Montreal began in 1642. In 1664 the Île-Saint-Paul (now Nuns' Island) became a seigneury. The first colonial settlers were militiamen granted Concession (contract), concessions in 1665 in exchange for defence against the Iroquois. Afterwards, the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrefour Angrignon
Carrefour Angrignon () is a shopping centre in the Montreal borough of LaSalle, Quebec, Canada. Popular stores include Winners/ HomeSense, Staples, Best Buy, Maxi and Famous Players. There is also a food court. Built in 1986, it is located on Newman Boulevard, at the intersection with Angrignon Boulevard. History Carrefour Angrignon opened in August 1986 with 200 stores and anchors from its debut were Sears, Zellers, Maxi, Eaton's and Pascal's. The Pascal's hardware chain went bankrupt in 1991. The mall underwent changes in 1991, as the former Pascal's store became a car lot for a one-year period (Rallye Honda Lasalle) prior to being split in two to become a movie theatre. Cine Entreprise built the theatre before Cine Entreprise was itself sold to Famous Players. By 1995, Famous Players and Future Shop occupied the former Cine Entreprise space. After a succession of ownership changes, the movie theatre is now owned by Cineplex. Eaton's closed on February 28, 1998. Eaton' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ville-Émard
Ville-Émard () is a neighbourhood located in the Le Sud-Ouest, Sud-Ouest borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Geography This neighbourhood is bordered by the Canal de l'Aqueduc, Aqueduct Canal to the east as far north as Desmarchais Boulevard where it meets Côte-Saint-Paul, after which the eastern boundary runs north along Monk Boulevard to the Lachine Canal, the community's northern edge. The western boundary runs south along Irwin Street and Irwin Avenue to Angrignon Park, the outer boundaries of which form the community's western and southern edges. This neighbourhood is accessible via the ''Angrignon'' exit on Quebec Autoroute 20 and the ''De La Vérendrye'' exit on Quebec Autoroute 15. History Ville-Émard was originally part of the concession of Côte Saint-Paul, granted by the Sulpician Order, seigneurs of the Island of Montreal, in 1662. The concession included modern-day Ville-Émard, Côte-Saint-Paul, and the Turcot Yards, and was used for agriculture. The La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cattails
''Typha'' is a genus of about 30 species of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Typhaceae. These plants have a variety of common names, in British English as bulrushStreeter D, Hart-Davies C, Hardcastle A, Cole F, Harper L. 2009. ''Collins Flower Guide''. Harper Collins or (mainly historically) reedmace, in American English as cattail, or punks, in Australia as cumbungi or bulrush, in Canada as bulrush or cattail, and in New Zealand as raupō, bullrush, cattail or reed. Other taxa of plants may be known as bulrush, including some sedges in '' Scirpus'' and related genera. The genus is largely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere, where it is found in a variety of wetland habitats. The rhizomes are edible, though at least some species are known to accumulate toxins and so must first undergo treatment before being eaten. Evidence of preserved starch grains on grinding stones suggests they were already eaten in Europe 30,000 years ago. Description ''Typha'' ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Côte Saint-Paul
Côte Restaurants Group Limited, trading as Côte (formerly Côte Brasserie), stylised as CÔTE is a French-style British restaurant chain founded by Richard Caring, Andy Bassadone, Chris Benians and Nick Fiddler in Wimbledon, London Wimbledon () is a suburb of southwest London, England, southwest of Charing Cross; it is the main commercial centre of the London Borough of Merton. Wimbledon had a population of 68,189 in 2011 which includes the electoral wards of Abbey, Wimb ... in 2007. There are now over 84 restaurants in the UK (as of June 2022). History The first restaurant was founded with its first bistro opening in Wimbledon in 2007. Its most recent restaurant opened in 2022 in Henley on Thames. In 2013 the founders sold their business stake for £100 million to the private equity firm CBPE. Having lost their Wimbledon roots due to that acquisition, their signature dish of Le Womble au Curry was removed from the menu, despite having been served continuously since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Sud-Ouest
Le Sud-Ouest (, ) is a Montreal borough, borough (''arrondissement'') of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Geography Le Sud-Ouest is an amalgam of several neighbourhoods with highly distinct histories and identities, mainly with working-class and industrial origins, grouped around the Lachine Canal. These include Saint-Henri (Montreal), Saint-Henri, Little Burgundy, and Griffintown to the north of the canal, and Ville-Émard, Côte-Saint-Paul, and Pointe-Saint-Charles to the south. Located southwest of downtown Montreal (hence the name), the borough is bordered to the northwest by Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, to the northeast by the Ville-Marie (Montreal), Ville-Marie borough, to the south by the borough of Verdun, Quebec, Verdun, to the west by the borough of LaSalle, Quebec, LaSalle and the town of Montreal West, Quebec, Montreal West, and to the north by the city of Westmount, Quebec, Westmount. The Saint Lawrence River is located upon part of its eastern edge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
