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20 to protect Montreal from a swimming beach. Île-Notre-
Dame’s Circuit Gilles-
potential American attack.
Parc Jean-Drapeau Its red-stone walls enclose a Villeneuve plays host to
grassy parade square that is Formula 1 races.
 F1 ⌂ 1 Circuit Gilles used today by re-creations of
Villeneuve § (514) 872 6120 Musée Stewart
q Jean Drapeau g Vieux- two 18th-century regimental
Port # 6am–midnight daily military formations that " ⌂ 20 Chemin Tour de
fought each other over the Lille # 10am–5pm Wed–
future of New France until
Sun (end Jun–Sep: Tue–Sun)
Encompassing the two
EXPERIENCE Montreal and Île-Notre-Dame, Parc Musée Stewart, a small but 21 "'\-=
1759. The fort also houses the
∑ stewart-museum.org
islands of Île-Sainte-Hélène
Jean-Drapeau is a popular
excellent museum of social
and military history, with
visitor’s attraction and a hub
for major events, such as Piknic educational activities for
Jardin Botanique
schools and younger visitors.
Electronik, an electronic music
de Montréal
festival which is held every
Sunday during summer.
286-acre (116-ha) wedge of
land encircled by the Saint
The forested Île-Sainte- The Île-Notre-Dame, a  A1 ⌂ 4101 Rue
Sherbrooke E q Pie-IX
Hélène, sitting in the middle of Lawrence Seaway, did not @ 185, 139 # Times vary,
the Saint Lawrence River, has exist until 1967, when it was check website ∑ espace
played a key role in Montreal’s created with rock excavated pourlavie.ca
emergence as a modern city. for the Montreal métro system.
Originally named after Samuel It shared Expo 67 with Île- Montreal’s botanical garden is
de Champlain’s wife, it was the Sainte-Hélène. among the largest in the world,
site of Expo 67, the world fair Île-Notre-Dame’s most a fine accomplishment for this
that brought millions of popular attraction by far is northern city with a cold winter
visitors to the city that year. the monumental Casino de climate. Its 185 acres (75 ha)
Several reminders of those Montréal, a province-owned enclose 30 outdoor gardens,
days remain – most notably gambling hall that never closes. 10 green houses, a “courtyard
La Ronde, the fair’s amusement Every day, thousands line up at of the senses,” in which blind
park, and the dome that served its tables and slot machines. interpreters help visitors
as the United States Pavilion. There are also more refined discover exotic flowers, and a
This is now the Biosphère, entertain ments – a rowing bug-shaped Insectarium. Its
an interpretive center that basin, excavated for the 1976 most peaceful havens are the
exa mines the Great Lakes and Olympics, superb floral 6-acre (2.5-ha) Chinese Garden,
Saint Lawrence River system. gardens, and a carefully a delightful replica of a 14th-
Nearby is the Fort de l’ Île- filtered body of water, which century Ming garden, and the
Sainte-Hélène, built in 1825 is the site of the city’s only exquis ite Japanese Garden.

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