Montréal

FUN FACTS!

-Montréal is actually an island; it is surrounded by the St. Lawrence, Ottawa and Prairies rivers.

-Montréal is the second largest francophone (French speaking) city in the World, after Paris, France.

-Mount Royal Park was designed by Frederick Olmsted, the same person who conceived Central Park in New York City.

-the island of Notre-Dame, where the Casino de Montréal is located, is actually artificial; it was built with all the dirt excavated from the construction of the Metro and Underground City.

-the city is home to the largest church in Canada: St-Joseph's Oratory.

-Jackie Robinson broke baseball's colour barrier when he suited up for the Montréal Royals in 1946.

-until the recent Beijing Games surpassed it, the 1976 Olympics had the distinction of being the most expensive ever staged.

-the Montréal International Jazz Festival and the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival are both the largest festivals of their kind.

-the Montréal Canadiens have won 24 Stanley Cups, the most in the history of the NHL

-famous Montréal natives include: William Shatner, Leonard Cohen, Céline Dion, Jacques Villeneuve, Saul Bellow, Oscar Peterson, Mordecai Richler, Roch Carrier, Mario Lemieux, and Pierre Elliot Trudeau.

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