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  montreal.com - Mount Royal Park
Mount Royal is where Montrealers go to get a breath of air on a hot day, to cross-country ski without leaving the city, to walk off a hangover or a bad mood, to picnic, to jog, to ice skate, to look out over the city, rest their eyes on the horizon and dream.
Mount Royal shares the top of the mountain with three contiguous cemeteries, a huge Roman Catholic one, a large nondenominational one, and a smaller Jewish one.
Mount Royal Cemetery is especially pretty in May when flowering trees are in season, and again in the autumn.
www.montreal.com /parks/mtroyal.html   (567 words)

  
  Mount Royal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mount Royal (French: Mont Royal) (45°30′23″N, 73°35′20″W) is a mountain on the Island of Montreal, immediately north of downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the city to which it gave its name.
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 broadcast.
Mount Royal hosts a unique activity in summer time known as the "Sunday Tam-Tams", whereby hundreds, or if the weather is nice, thousands of Montrealers and visitors play tam-tams (a type of hand drum) on the east slope of the mountain, around the monument to Sir George-Étienne Cartier.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mount_Royal_Park   (1304 words)

  
 Mount Royal
Mount Royal (French: Mont-Royal) is a mountain on the Island of Montreal, immediately north of downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to which city it gave its name.
Mount Royal's eastern slope, with the cross and the monument to Sir Georges-Étienne Cartier, seen from av.
The Town of Mount Royal was a city in Quebec, a suburb of Montreal.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/mo/Mount_Royal.html   (453 words)

  
 Urban Landscape: Mount Royal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Mount Royal is one of the monteregian hills that puncture the St. Lawrence River flood plain between the foothills of the Laurentian mountains to the north, and the Appalachian mountains to the south.
Many of the early French religious and secular institutions that ring the base of Mount Royal were established during the early 1800s when seminaries and hospitals moved to the foot of the mountain to recapture the space and tranquility that characterized their original settlements near the St. Lawrence River.
He proposed a program for the mountain park that stressed passive recreation and the progressive discovery of nature and views of the city as it unfolded along the winding paths that led gradually toward the summit of the mountain.
www.vehiculepress.com /montreal/urban_mtroyal.html   (568 words)

  
 The Mount Royal - Home - Activities, history, environment, services and heritage information
Mount Royal has a wealth of riches ripe for exploration.
For tourists and budding explorers, the map of Mount Royal comes in handy for discovering both the well-known and lesser-known treasures of Mount Royal.
Mount Royal Park welcomes you twelve months a year, seven days a week.
www.lemontroyal.qc.ca /en_index2.html   (202 words)

  
 Hotels and Accommodation in Canada - Hotel Packages Canada
The Columbia Icefield Chalet is a cooperative venture between Brewster and Parks Canada, a model of environmentally sensitive design, in harmony with its natural surroundings.
Located 10 miles inside Glacier National Park's west entrance on the Going-to-the-Sun Road, Lake McDonald Complex is nestled on the shore of the park's largest glacial water basin, and was built as a hunting lodge in 1913 by John Lewis.
Located on the eastern gateway of Glacier National Park in East Glacier Park, MT, Glacier Park Lodge and Resort is a western theme lodge along the main line of the Burlington Northern Railroad.
www.brewster.ca /Hotels   (635 words)

  
 Annual Meeting Preview: Olmsted at Mount Royal
Mount Royal, Montreal's "Mountain Park," is an Olmsted-designed landscape beloved by Montrealers.
Continuing their ascent, visitors to the park were to be met with rugged terrain and plantings far more severe than Mount Royal's relatively low elevation provided.
Mount Royal Park is now more accessible to visitors than ever, whiles its "charm of natural scenery" has been subtly enhanced in accordance with Olmsted's wishes.
www.asla.org /members/land/flo.html   (1409 words)

  
 Mount Royal National Park   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Adjoining the south western edge of Barrington tops is Mount Royal National Park — a unique wilderness area that’s home to rare and threatened birds, mammals and reptiles including the Rufous Scrub Bird, Hastings River Mouse and the Rough Scaled Snake.
Around 20 percent of this magnificent park is rainforest and your likely to see Kangaroos, Wallabies, Koalas and even Bandicoots living in the park.
For the traveller, Mount Royal is easily accessible and provides a scenic place to enjoy picnicking, bushwalking and bird-watching.
www.upperhuntercountry.com /hunter_valley/Rooms.htm   (121 words)

  
 Shakespeare in the Park - The Conservatory - Mount Royal College
Mount Royal College's Shakespeare in the Park is one of Calgary's most anticipated events.
Shakespeare in the Park (SITP) is a summer theatre company dedicated to training young performers and technicians.
The company's reputation is now such that Mount Royal College theatre students must compete with candidates from schools across Canada for inclusion in the program.
www.mtroyal.ab.ca /shakespeare-in-the-park   (200 words)

  
 Mount Royal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Mount Royal (French: mont Royal) is a mountain on the Island of Montreal, immediately north of downtown Montréal, Québec, Canada, the city to which it gave its name.
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 University of Montreal; and some well-off residential neighbourhoods such as Upper Westmount and Upper Outremont.
The Tam-tam spot of the Mount Royal is also a place favored by clubbers getting out of one of Montreal's four main after-hours clubs: Aria (http://www.arianightclub.com/), Stereo (http://www.stereo-nightclub.com/), Gravity (http://www.flashmediadesign.com/gravity/m_index.html) and Circus (http://www.circusafterhours.com/).
www.info-pedia.net /about/mount_royal   (877 words)

  
 Mount Royal Park - Great Public Spaces | Project for Public Spaces (PPS)
This urban park is located smack in the middle of Montreal on 545 hilly acres.
Celebrating its 125th anniversary this year as a formal park, Mount Royal Park was originally laid out by Frederick Law Olmsted.
This park is easily accessible by foot, bike or public transport.
pps.org /gps/one?public_place_id=152   (546 words)

  
 The Front: Feature
At 1:30 a.m., they arrived at the tam-tam space on Mount Royal park to snuff out a bonfire and break up an impromptu St-Jean-Baptiste party of 200 late-night revellers.
During last year's St-Jean revelry, police were called in to deal with exactly the same situation: a bonfire at exactly the same spot on Mount Royal.
Small "no parking" signs, placed along the Main for the parade earlier in the day, became fortuitous implements of destruction.
www.montrealmirror.com /ARCHIVES/1998/070298/news7.html   (1113 words)

  
 Mount Royal Calgary
During the early 1900s, Mount Royal was promoted by the C.P.R. as an exclusive neighbourhood for Calgary's affluent citizens.
Later the area was formally named Mount Royal, after the Montreal community which was home to the then president of the C.P.R, William E. Van Horne.
Mount Royal developed rapidly between 1904 and 1914.
www.familyfound.com /mtroyal.html   (123 words)

  
 Mount Royal, Montreal Qubec   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Mount Royal, begun in 1874, was the first park that Olmsted designed after he and Calvert Vaux dissolved their partnership.
He wished to place a grand mountain pasture and lake, but the city decided on a reservoir instead and so Olmsted planned a grand promenade around it.
Unfortunately for Olmsted and the park, the city of Montreal suffered a depression in the mid 1870s, and many of Olmsted's plans were abandoned.
www.fredericklawolmsted.com /mount.html   (170 words)

  
 Mont Royal Metro Station
Although at 250 metres many would call it a hill, Mount Royal dominates the skyline of Montreal.
Mount Royal Park, the jewel of downtown Montreal, was designed by the famous landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, who also designed Central Park in New York.
Avenue du Mont-Royal is so called as it leads up to the foot of the mountain and the border of the park.
www.stm.info /English/metro/a-m09.htm   (143 words)

  
 Mount Royal National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mount Royal is a national park in New South Wales, Australia and is 187 km north of Sydney.
Categories: National parks of New South Wales
This page was last modified 11:58, 27 July 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mount_Royal_National_Park   (86 words)

  
 Mount Royal Hotel: Banff, Alberta Conference Facilities & Accommodations - Location
The Mount Royal Hotel is situated in the world famous Canadian Rockies inside Banff National Park.
Banff National Park is Canada’s first designated protected area.
Parking is located just off of Caribou Street at the rear of the building).
www.mountroyalhotel.com /location.html   (183 words)

  
 Pinkmoose Birding
Immediately north of downtown Montreal is a wooded hill called Mount Royal Park (Parc du Mont-Royal).
Most of the area is heavily wooded but there are plenty of paths and an area of open parkland with a small lake.
Leaving Mount Royal Park we arrived at Voie Camillien-Houde, the road that separates the park from Mount Royal Cemetery.
www.pinkmoose.ic24.net /canada/royal-park.htm   (342 words)

  
 eBay - montreal mount, Postcards Paper, Historical Memorabilia items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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 Mount Royal National Park
Mount Royal National Park is adjacent to the south-western edge of Barrington Tops National Park and contains part of the Barrington Tops Wilderness Area.
It was declared over former state forest in 1996 and includes rainforest areas that provide habitat for threatened species such as the Hastings River mouse.
Information on this park last amended on 25 April 2006.
www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au /parks.nsf/parkContent/N0107?OpenDocument&ParkKey=N0107&Type=Xo   (72 words)

  
 Concordia University Art History Theses Abstracts On-line   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
This thesis is an historical examination of Frederick Law Olmsted's design of Mount Royal Park, Montréal (1874- 1877).
The park plan is considered as a product of ideas current in urban development and aesthetics of the period, social and health requirements of the citizens of Montréal, artistic and literary interpretations of the park site, and the architect's experience.
Both planning and construction activity are considered, as well as critical and public response to the park.
art-history.concordia.ca /RVACanada/abstracts/seline.html   (131 words)

  
 Cybernautics Mount Royal QTVR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
This is a grove of pine trees on the mountain park of Mount Royal in the center of Montreal.
Designed by the same architect who did Central Park in New York City, Mount Royal Park is centrally located, just five minutes away from downtown Montreal.
I frequently take QTVR panoramas from the overlook which is part of the Park.
members.aol.com /Cnautics/MRgrove.html   (191 words)

  
 Keoladeo National Park in Bharatpur,Keoladeo Bird Sanctuary in Bharatpur
Keoladeo National Park in Rajasthan will give you a chance for bird watching and tiger tours in Rajasthan.
Make Royal Rajasthan Tour your travel companion and view the various colors of these rituals and ceremonies.
The park is specially famous for the population of rare Siberian crane that arrive here in the month of October.
wildlife.royalrajasthantours.com /keoladeo-national-park.html   (161 words)

  
 Montreal Plus.ca - Home - Parc du Mont-Royal
First opened to the public in 1876, the famous park was designed by the renowned American landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, the same man responsible for giving the world the famed Central Park in New York City.
Some of the park's best features include Beaver Lake - located in the centre of Mont-Royal which doubles as a refrigerated skating rink in the winter - as well as the Camilien Houde and Kondiaronk look-outs offering some of the most spectacular panoramic views of downtown Montreal.
The Smith House, a nineteenth century heritage house re-opened in 1999 is the host of various exhibitions, educational activities and conferences pertaining to Mont-Royal.
english.montrealplus.ca /profile/558734   (442 words)

  
 Parks and Gardens Tours & Travel - Famous Landmarks & World Landmarks
Splendid Mount Royal Park, inaugurated in 1876, was planned by Frederick Law Olmsted, a highly skilled designer of many major parks in the U.S., including New York's Central Park.
Mount Royal Park, is an ideal site for admiring a wide variety of plants and birds.
The Centre de la montagne offers various activities that provide wonderful opportunities to discover the beauty and wealth of resources that the park has to offer.
www.famouslandmarks.net /parks-gardens/more13.html   (1182 words)

  
 Event Announcement - Medieval Day on the Mountain - Regional Practice / Demo
Progress of Their Royal Highnesses will be denoted by the addition of silver crown.
L'Ile du Dragon Dormant is inviting all of its friends and neighbours to come and join us on scenic Mount Squamifer (Mount-Royal Park) for a fun-filled day of fighting, fencing and AandS display.
However, parking on the mountain will cost $3.75 CDN (about $2.50 US) for the day.
www.eastkingdom.org /event-detail.html?eid=688   (1007 words)

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