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Christ Church
Cathedral
 C3 ⌂ 635 Rue Sainte-
Catherine W £ Central
Station @ 35, 61, 168, 420
q McGill # 8am–6pm Mon–
Fri & Sun, 10am–6pm Sat
∑ montrealcathedral.ca
Architect Frank Wills finished
Christ Church in 1859 as the
seat of the Anglican bishop of
Montreal. This graceful Gothic
building has exterior walls
studded with gargoyles and The Fur Trade at Lachine National Historic Site,
magnificent stained-glass win- one of the suburb’s most interesting buildings
dows, some from the William
Morris studio in London.
The church was too heavy for 23 old homes have now become
the land, and the stone spire restaur ants and bistros. One
was replaced in 1940 with an Lachine of the oldest houses, built in
aluminum steeple. Noon  B2 ⌂ Blvd St Joseph 1670, is now the Musée de
concerts are often held in § (514) 873 2015 @ 191 Lachine, a historical museum
the cathedral’s cool interior. and art gallery. The Fur Trade
q Lionel Groulx
at Lachine National Historic
Lachine is a suburb of Site is a building dedicated to
HIDDEN GEM southwest Montreal and the fur trade, which for years
Steel Sculpture includes a small island of the was Montreal’s main support.
Art enthusiasts should same name west of the Lachine The Canal de Lachine, built
seek out Alexander Rapids, where the Saint in the 19th century to bypass
Calder’s monumental Lawrence River widens to form the rapids, links the town to
65-ft (20-m) Three Discs Lac-Saint-Louis. Lachine is now the Vieux-Port. The canal itself
sculpture, also known part of Montreal, but has a long is now blocked to shipping,
as “The Man,” in Parc his tory of its own. The old but the land along its banks
Jean-Drapeau. town along blvd Saint-Joseph has been turned into parkland
is charming. Many of its fine with a bicycle trail.

A dazzling light display
at sunset in the Jardin
Botanique de Montréal
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