Montreal derives its name from a nearby mountain, Mont Royal, which also happens to be one of its main tourist attractions but there’s much more to this city on the St. Lawrence River than natural wonders.
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The Jardin Botanique de Montréal resides in one of the most lush areas of North America and was founded in 1936 by one of Canada’s premier botanists, Frère Marie-Victorin. It houses over 100,000 specimens representing 20,000 species is second in size only to Kew Gardens in London, and is easily a rival for New York’s famed institutions.
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Constructed on the site where Montreal was founded in 1642, the Museum of Archeology and History is deservedly one of the most popular attractions in the city. First opened in 1992, the museum itself is built on some of the grounds that once held the objects now on display.
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Known officially as the Quai du Vieux-Port, this section of Old Montreal is paradoxically one of the most up-to-date portions of the city. Like many cities bordered by large bodies of water, activities abound.
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Using waterways to move goods, aid industry or simply for transportation has been done for centuries but the excellent canals and ports used today didn’t always exist, and sometimes creating them took generations. So it is with the Lachine Canal in Montreal.
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What do New York’s Central Park and Mont Royal’s parks have in common? They were both designed by Frederick Law Olmstead.
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One of the most unusual religious structures in existence, due to its design and its history, St. Joseph’s Oratory is a large Catholic church atop Mont Royal in Montreal.
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The iSci Science Center, or le Centre des Sciences de Montréal, as it is formally known, is one of the premier attractions in a city already filled with so many. Located along the length of King Edward Pier in Old Montreal, it’s also one of the newer sights.
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The Insectarium de Montréal, is one of the foremost collections of insects in the world, and while there may be some that are larger, such as that in New York, there are none finer. Opened in February, 1990 over 400,000 visitors per year come to be amazed at the collections.
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One of the few cities to dedicate a museum to the glory of building, the Centre Canadien d’Architecture in Montreal is itself glorious and is, in fact, actually two separate buildings.
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