It’s the last weekend of September. The leaves are beginning to change, the sun now sets at six and the evening air grows brisker with every passing day. In just a month we’ll be locked into the drizzly grey purgatory that is November.
You know what that means? It’s time to get out of the house — and why not learn a bit about Montreal while you’re at it? There’s a plethora of outdoor activities this weekend including five heritage walking tours, a bus tour and a boat tour, all of which are outlined on the Montreal Heritage Calendar. Here’s a rundown of the tours.
- Riches of the Golden Square Mile
Explore the heritage of Montreal’s nineteenth century bastion of Anglo-Scot power
Saturday and Sunday, 1:30pm
Leaving from McCord Museum, 690 Sherbrooke West
English and French
Free - Casting off… to discover the Lachine Canal
Two-hour boat tour of the Lachine Canal and its industrial heritage
Saturday and Sunday, 1pm and 3:30pm
Leaving from the Atwater Market dock
English and French
$18 - Discover Old Montreal on foot
Walking tour focusing on history and architecture
Saturday and Sunday, 11am and 1:30pm
Leaving from the Notre Dame Basilica, 110 Notre Dame West
English and French
$16.50 - Walking the Main: six kilometres of cultural diversity
Seven-hour walking tour looking at the Main’s cultural heritage
Reservations required: 514 286 0334
Sunday, 9am
Leaving from St. Laurent and de la Commune
English and French
Free - Architectural Treasures of Pointe Claire
Two-hour bus tour of Pointe Claire’s architecture and history
Sunday, 11am and 2pm
Leaving from the Pointe Claire Cultural Centre, 176 Lakeshore
French in the morning, English in the afternoon
Free - Guided Walking Tour of Pointe Claire Village
Check out the history of downtown Pointe Claire, including an 18th-century windmill
Sunday, 1pm
Leaving from St. Joachim Church, 2 Ste. Anne
English and French
Pay what you can - Guided Walking Tour of the Bowling Green
More Pointe Claire history, this time looking at a 1904 Garden City experiment
Sunday, 1pm
Leaving from Lakeshore and Bowling Green
English and French
Pay what you can
Don’t forget it’s also the Journées de la culture. Have a great weekend!
4 comments
Maybe I could do a Turcot Yards segment?
I’d go on that tour.
Did anyone do the seven hour St-Laurent walking tour? I was hoping to go but ended up sleeping in.
Do you offer guided walking tours on Old Montreal on the following dates: Oct 19th and 20th 2009?
If so, please, provide the details.
Many thanks