{"id":109,"date":"2007-09-26T18:01:35","date_gmt":"2007-09-26T22:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=109"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:15:56","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:15:56","slug":"five-walking-tours-a-bus-tour-and-a-boat-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2007\/09\/26\/five-walking-tours-a-bus-tour-and-a-boat-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Five walking tours, a bus tour and a boat tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/christopherdewolf\/257811775\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/119\/257811775_e637b7282d.jpg?v=0\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;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&#8217;ll be locked into the drizzly grey purgatory that is November.<\/p>\n<p>You know what that means? It&#8217;s time to get out of the house &#8212; and why not learn a bit about Montreal while you&#8217;re at it? There&#8217;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 <a href=\"http:\/\/montrealheritagecalendar.com\">Montreal Heritage Calendar<\/a>. Here&#8217;s a rundown of the tours.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Riches of the Golden Square Mile<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Explore the heritage of Montreal&#8217;s nineteenth century bastion of Anglo-Scot power<\/em><br \/>\nSaturday and Sunday, 1:30pm<br \/>\nLeaving from McCord Museum, 690 Sherbrooke West<br \/>\nEnglish and French<br \/>\nFree<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><strong>Casting off&#8230; to discover the Lachine Canal<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Two-hour boat tour of the Lachine Canal and its industrial heritage<\/em><br \/>\nSaturday and Sunday, 1pm and 3:30pm<br \/>\nLeaving from the Atwater Market dock<br \/>\nEnglish and French<br \/>\n$18<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><strong>Discover Old Montreal on foot<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Walking tour focusing on history and architecture<\/em><br \/>\nSaturday and Sunday, 11am and 1:30pm<br \/>\nLeaving from the Notre Dame Basilica, 110 Notre Dame West<br \/>\nEnglish and French<br \/>\n$16.50<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><strong>Walking the Main: six kilometres of cultural diversity<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Seven-hour walking tour looking at the Main&#8217;s cultural heritage<br \/>\n<\/em>Reservations required: 514 286 0334<br \/>\nSunday, 9am<br \/>\nLeaving from St. Laurent and de la Commune<br \/>\nEnglish and French<br \/>\nFree<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><strong>Architectural Treasures of Pointe Claire<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Two-hour bus tour of Pointe Claire&#8217;s architecture and history<br \/>\n<\/em>Sunday, 11am and 2pm<br \/>\nLeaving from the Pointe Claire Cultural Centre, 176 Lakeshore<br \/>\nFrench in the morning, English in the afternoon<br \/>\nFree<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><strong>Guided Walking Tour of Pointe Claire Village<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Check out the history of downtown Pointe Claire, including an 18th-century windmill<br \/>\n<\/em>Sunday, 1pm<br \/>\nLeaving from St. Joachim Church, 2 Ste. Anne<br \/>\nEnglish and French<br \/>\nPay what you can<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><strong>Guided Walking Tour of the Bowling Green<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>More Pointe Claire history, this time looking at a 1904 Garden City experiment<br \/>\n<\/em>Sunday, 1pm<br \/>\nLeaving from Lakeshore and Bowling Green<br \/>\nEnglish and French<br \/>\nPay what you can<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nDon&#8217;t forget it&#8217;s also the Journ\u00e9es de la culture. Have a great weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;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&#8217;ll be locked into the drizzly grey purgatory that is November. You know what that means? 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