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I flew out of the city last Wednesday towards the North-East, heading to Quebec City and ultimately Schefferville\/Kawawachikamach. But ten minutes into the flight, the pilot’s voice came over the loudspeaker: “Due to a switch failure, this plane will have to return to Montreal.” What followed was a glorious winter morning’s tour of the city.
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EAST: Where the tip of Ile Jesus and Montreal nearly join together. I’ll write more about the nearly-completed highway 25 soon.<\/p>\n

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SOUTH: Pont-Jacques Cartier, La Ronde, and the port of Montreal.
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SOUTH-WEST: From above, it seems almost possible to wrap one’s head around our too-big-to-love<\/a> metropolitain region.
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WEST: The Mercier and the Saint-Laurent railway bridge and the mouth of the Lachine Canal is just visible beyond. Even further west, the Baie de Valois, bewteen Dorval and Pointe-Claire, looks like a bit taken out of the island.
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\nNORTH-WEST: looking towards the sout-east, the silhouette of Mont Saint-Hilaire rises above the skyscapers and our little three-peaked mountain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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