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  2. Mount Royal - Wikipedia

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    Mount Royal (French: Mont Royal, IPA: [mɔ̃ ʁwajal]) is a mountain in the city of Montreal, immediately west of Downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The city's name is derived from the mountain's name. [1] The mountain is part of the Monteregian Hills situated between the Laurentians and the Appalachian Mountains.

  3. Landmarks of Montreal - Wikipedia

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    Mount Royal was designed in 1876 by Frederick Law Olmsted, best known as the designer of New York's Central Park. Mount Royal's features include the Chalet and the Kondiaronk Belvedere overlooking downtown Montreal, and man-made Beaver Lake (Lac aux Castors) with its recently renovated pavilion.

  4. Chemin du Roy - Wikipedia

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    From Batiscan to Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade (Quebec Route 138) Jeffrey-Alexandre-Rousseau Bridge at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade. The Chemin du Roy (pronounced [ʃəmẽ d͡zʏ ʁwɑ]; French for "King's Highway" or "King's Road") is a historic road along the north shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec.

  5. Montreal - Wikipedia

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    Montreal [a] is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the ninth-largest in North America.Founded in 1642 as Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary", [18] it is now named after Mount Royal, [19] the triple-peaked mountain around which the early settlement was built. [20]

  6. List of National Historic Sites of Canada in Montreal - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  7. Monteregian Hills - Wikipedia

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    The first definition of the Monteregian Hills came about in 1903 when Montreal geologist Frank Dawson Adams began referring to Mount Royal (Latin, Mons Regius) and mountains of similar geology in the Saint Lawrence Lowlands as the "Royal Mountains" (French: montagnes royales). [1]

  8. Old Montreal - Wikipedia

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    Old Montreal (French: Vieux-Montréal, pronounced [vjø mɔ̃ʁeal]) is a historic neighbourhood within the municipality of Montreal in the province of Quebec, Canada.Home to the Old Port of Montreal, the neighbourhood is bordered on the west by McGill Street, on the north by Ruelle des Fortifications, on the east by rue Saint-André, and on the south by the Saint Lawrence River.

  9. List of neighbourhoods in Montreal - Wikipedia

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    The same source also states that it is the urban place where the most people travel mainly by foot, bicycle or public transport. In 1997, Utne Reader magazine included the Plateau Mont-Royal in its list of "15 Hippest places to live." [1] The exterior staircase is a distinctive feature of the city's architecture.