Westmount Park: An Olmsted Design

Centrally located, Westmount Park is the most popular park in Westmount. It was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted who also designed Mount-Royal Park and Central Park in New York City. Its idyllic walking paths, shady gazebo, indigenous flowers, towering trees and gently flowing pond make it an ideal place to read, sunbathe and picnic. The park is often used by summer newlyweds as a backdrop for photos.

St. Henri Park: Jacques Cartier Monument

A tranquil little Montreal neighborhood park: the St. Henri Park has a very elaborate Victorian style fountain and a statute of Jacques Cartier perched at the top. The original sculpture was done by Joseph-Arthur Vincent but, in the 1990s, the Cartier statue was replaced with a copy after having crumbled due to prolonged exposure to the elements. Currently, the restored Vincent sculpture is sited in the Place Saint-Henri Metro Station and placed in a light shaft over the Côte Vertu platform. If you are in the area, check it out !

Square Sir Georges Etienne-Cartier Park Saint-Henri, Montreal

This quaint little park with the fountain that was ordered by catalogue from an American foundry, was inaugurated in 1912. It is located at the corner of Notre-Dame Street and Square Sir Georges Etienne-Cartier in Saint-Henri, a neighbourhood in south-western Montreal... a little more than a five minute drive from downtown. Originally, this was the site of several slaughterhouses that serviced the inhabitants of the western sector of Montreal.