Montréal Sights

Place du Canada

#96 of 657 things to do in Montréal

#3327 of 27205 things to do in North America

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  • Address
    • Downtown
  • Transport
    • Bonaventure

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Lonely Planet review for Place du Canada

This park immediately southeast of Sq Dorchester is best known for its monument of John A Macdonald, Canada’s first prime minister, who addressed the maiden session of parliament in Montréal. The two cannons around the base were captured in the Crimean War; if you look closely you’ll see the dual-headed eagle of Czar Nicholas I. The statue was decapitated by vandals in 1992 and the head vanished for two years. The overpass across Blvd René-Lévesque leads to the Marriott Château Champlain Hotel, known as the ‘cheese grater’ for its windows shaped like half-moons.

 

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