A Visit To LaChine On The Saint Laurence, Montreal
One thing you’ll discover if you visit Montreal is that there is water everywhere, which in my book is a wonderful thing. The city of Montreal is actually on an island, which means water all around, and when the weather warms up the city folk make the most of it by enjoying lovely parks on the water just steps from home in many cases. On a lovely Sunday after visiting Habitat 67, we took a drive to the area known as LaChine, on account of the historic canals that were once built with the hopes of traveling over the seas to China! Unfortunately we didn’t actually visit the museum or see the old locks, (which you should!) but as I understand it the canals were built so ships could pass through this area of the Saint Laurence and avoid the rapids, which I shared with you previously. Ready for a little Sunday stroll? Let’s go……..
This shoreline of the St. Laurence in the Lachine Park is truly lovely, and for a Sunday afternoon really not crowded at all.
As you can see the neighborhood of LaChine borders the river.
And then, the river widens dramatically and actually becomes what is called Lake Louise, viewed in the distance I believe. Of course if I told you that this was the ocean you certainly would have believed that, right?
A lovely spot to sit and enjoy.
Care to join me?
If you head northeast along the river, the giant river that it is, you will see more park areas and even get a glimpse of the rapids. There is a park trail out to the rapids but it was closed due to flooding, unfortunately for us. Of course since we only came upon it by chance, nothing was lost, as this was a truly lovely outing all around!
