Mount Royal

Alternate uses: Mount Royal (disambiguation)

Mount Royal Park

The mountain is the site of Mount Royal Park (officially Parc du Mont-Royal), one of Montreal's largest greenspaces. The park, most of which is wooded, was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, who also designed New York's Central Park, and inaugurated in 1876.

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Greenspace - Frederick Law Olmsted - New York - Central Park - Inaugurate - 1876

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The park contains two belvederes, the more prominent of which is the Kondiaronk Belvedere, a semicircular plaza with a chalet, overlooking downtown Montreal. Other features of the park are Lac aux Castors (Beaver Lake), a small man-made lake; a short

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Park - Belvedere - Chalet - Downtown - Lake

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ski slope; a sculpture garden; Maison Smith, an interpretive centre; and a well-known monument to Sir George-Étienne Cartier (currently being restored). The park hosts athletic, tourist, and cultural activities, such as the tamtams held every Sunday in the summer.

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Ski - Slope - Sculpture garden - Maison Smith - Interpretive centre - George-Étienne Cartier - Tamtam

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The park is also home to the CBC's Mount Royal transmitter facility, which comprises two large buildings (one used primarily by the CBC and one used by the private television stations) and a very short (about 100 m) candelabra tower, from which nearly all of Montreal's television and FM radio stations emanate. Because of the close proximity of this tower to public areas of the park, in recent years significant concerns have been raised about radio-frequency radiation exposure; at several points formerly accessible to park users near the tower, radiation was found to be significantly higher than that permitted for the general public.

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CBC - Television station - Candelabra tower - FM radio

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The lush forest was badly damaged by the 1998 ice storm, but has since largely recovered. The forest is a green jewel rising above downtown Montreal, and is known for its beautiful autumn foliage.

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Forest - 1998 - Ice storm - Autumn - Foliage

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Outside the park, Mount Royal's slopes also bear such Montreal landmarks as Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery; Mount Royal Cemetery; St. Joseph's Oratory, Canada's largest church; McGill University and the Université de Montréal; and some well-off residential neighbourhoods such as Upper Westmount and Upper Outremont.

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Landmark - Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery - Mount Royal Cemetery - St. Joseph's Oratory - McGill University - Université de Montréal - Westmount - Outremont

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The park, the two cemeteries, and several adjacent parks and institutions have been combined in the Arrondissement historique et naturel du Mont-Royal (Mount Royal Natural and Historical District) by the government of Quebec, in order to legally protect the rich cultural and natural heritage of this region. It is the only place in Quebec to have the combined status of an arrondissement naturel and arrondissement historique.

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