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The mountain is the site of Mount Royal Park (French: Parc du Mont-Royal), one of Montreal's largest greenspaces. [15] The park was originally designed by Frederick Law Olmsted (who also co-designed New York City's Central Park) and was inaugurated in 1876, [16] although not completed to his design.
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.
Westmount Summit (French: Sommet de Westmount) is one of the three peaks of Mount Royal (along with Mount Royal proper and Outremont) located in the City of Westmount, Quebec, Canada. Part of the geographical summit is located adjacent to the Montreal borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.
Ski Mont Alta), founded in 1951, was a ski station located on Highway 117 in Val- It closed permanently after its ski lift controller was burnt up, when the chalet burned down in 2014. It now operates as an off-piste park, allowing winter hiking, ski-hiking, etc. in winter, without lift services.
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]
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The park has 26 km (16 mi) of hiking trails and 32 km (20 mi) of trails for cross country skiing. [5] The name "Cap St. Jacques" was written on maps as early as 1744. The land mass south of the of Cap St. Jacques is the Jacques Cartier electoral district.
The funicular crossing the Mount Royal park trail. The Mount Royal Funicular Railway, also known as the Mountain Park Funicular Railway and the Mount Royal Elevator, was a funicular railway serving Mount Royal Park in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from 1884 to 1918. [1] [2] [3]