#1 of 30 Things To Do in Sainte-Eustache Saint Genevieve Church Montreal ON ~5.94 miles from Sainte-Eustache city center Hotels Close to Saint Genevieve Church The Église Sainte-Geneviève (Church of St. Genevieve) is a parish church located in the former village of Sainte-Geneviève, Québéc (now part of Montreal) on the north-west shore of the Island of Montreal overlooking the Rivière des Prairies. Its affiliation is Roman Catholic and it is administered under the Diocese of Montreal by La Paroisse Sainte-Geneviève de Pierrefonds, founded by Antoine Faucon in 1741. Construction of the church, headed by Louis-Marie Lefèvre, was completed in 1844 and was designed by architect Thomas Baillargé.In 1731 the Société de Saint-Sulpice (Sulpician Order of priests), a Catholic mission in Quebec, granted the first concession of territory to be apportioned to the Paroisse Sainte-Geneviève, one of eighteen parishes that occupied, by 1834[2], the Island of... | #2 of 30 Things To Do in Sainte-Eustache Laval Montreal PQ ~6.70 miles from Sainte-Eustache city center Hotels Close to Laval Laval (French pronunciation: [la'val]) is a Canadian city and a region in southwestern Quebec. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third largest municipality in the province of Quebec, and the 14th largest city in Canada with a population of 368,709 in 2006. Laval geographically is separated from the mainland to the north by the Rivière des Mille Îles, and from the Island of Montreal to the south by the Rivière des Prairies. Laval occupies all of Île Jésus as well as the Îles Laval.Laval constitutes region 13 of the 17 administrative regions of Quebec as well as a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census division (CD) with geographical code 65. | #3 of 30 Things To Do in Sainte-Eustache Jarry Park Montreal PQ ~12.42 miles from Sainte-Eustache city center Hotels Close to Jarry Park Jarry Park (French: Parc Jarry) is an urban park in the Villeray neighbourhood of Montreal. The former Jarry Park Stadium (located in the southwest corner of the park, now Uniprix Stadium) was the home of the Montreal Expos, Canada's first Major League Baseball team. It also hosted a mass by Pope John Paul II. There is now a hall dedicated to him in District Police Station 31 (Villeray).Facilities include softball, cricket and soccer fields, a skate park, tennis and basketball courts, a public pool and an artificial lake. In addition, there is a monument called "Paix des enfants" ("Children's Peace"), consisting of violent toys fused together.The park is bordered by Faillon Street to the south, Jarry Street to the north, Saint Laurent Boulevard to the east, and the Canadian Pacific rai... | #4 of 30 Things To Do in Sainte-Eustache Montreal Holocaust Museum Montreal PQ ~12.98 miles from Sainte-Eustache city center Hotels Close to Montreal Holocaust Museum The Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre (MHMC) is a museum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, dedicated to Holocaust education and awareness. It was founded in 1979 by a group of Holocaust survivors and facilitated by the philanthropy of Steven Cummings. The Centre's mandate is to educate people of all ages and backgrounds about the genocidal murder of six million Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933-1945.By raising Holocaust awareness the MHMC aims to alert the public to the dangers of anti-semitism, bigotry and hate, while promoting respect for diversity and the sanctity of all human life.The centre was inaugurated in July 2003 and is the first major Holocaust museum in Canada. Its also highlights the role of Montreal, a city that is home to the third largest Holocaust su... | #5 of 30 Things To Do in Sainte-Eustache Jean Talon Market Montreal PQ ~13.02 miles from Sainte-Eustache city center Hotels Close to Jean Talon Market It may not be as upscale as the Atwater Market but for my money the Jean-Talon Market gives visitors a richer, more authentic market experience.The Jean-Talon Market is frequented by Montreal residents rather than tourists, which translates to cheaper prices and a more genuine range of product. Be sure to arrive hungry. Whether you want to soak up the atmosphere of a Montreal market, pick up lunch or buy a tasty Montreal souvenir, Jean Talon Market is well worth a visit.Arrive with an Appetite:There's loads of taste testers in the market and kiosks selling such tasty fare as Calamari & Chips or irresistible Onion Bhaji.Olive & Épices offers workshops and tastes of its exquisite oils and spices.Many Jean-Talon merchants, such as Boucherie les Fermes Saint-Vincent, have b... | #6 of 30 Things To Do in Sainte-Eustache University of Montreal Montreal PQ ~13.59 miles from Sainte-Eustache city center Hotels Close to University of Montreal Université de Montréa (UdeM) is a public francophone university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the École Polytechnique (School of Engineering) and HEC Montréal (School of Business). It offers more than 650 undergraduate programs and graduate programs, including 71 doctoral programs.The university is Quebec's largest research institution and the third largest in Canada, allocating close to $447.2 million to research conducted in more than 150 research centres as of 2007. It is also part of the Group of Thirteen universities. More than 55,000 students are enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs, making it the second largest university in Canada in terms of student enrolment | #7 of 30 Things To Do in Sainte-Eustache Saint Joseph's Oratory Montreal PQ ~13.77 miles from Sainte-Eustache city center Hotels Close to Saint Joseph's Oratory Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal, (French: Oratoire Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal), is a Roman Catholic basilica on the northern slope of Mount Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.In 1904, Blessed André Bessette, CSC, began the construction of a small chapel on the side of the mountain near Notre Dame College. Soon the growing number of visitors made it too small. Even though it was enlarged, a larger church was needed and in 1917 one was completed - it is called the Crypt, and has a seating capacity of 1,000. In 1924, the construction of the basilica was inaugurated; it was finally completed in 1967. The Oratory's dome is the third-largest of its kind in the world after the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro in the Ivory Coast and Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome, and the chu... | #8 of 30 Things To Do in Sainte-Eustache Concordia University H4B 1R6 Montreal PQ - 514-848-2424 ~13.99 miles from Sainte-Eustache city center Hotels Close to Concordia University Concordia University was extablished in 1974. Concordia University is a comprehensive public university located in Montreal, Canada, one of the city's two universities whose primary language of instruction is English. In 2008, Concordia's student enrollment was 43,944, making it among the largest in Canada.Concordia's Faculty of Engineering & Computer Science is one of the "G15" major engineering schools in Canada, and is recognised as a leading research institution in Canada and internationally. According to a worldwide ranking by the École des Mines de Paris, Concordia ranks first among Canadian and 33rd among world universities in terms of graduates occupying the rank of Chief Executive Officer at Fortune 500 companies. In the 2008 edition of the annual Times Higher Education Supple... http://www.concordia.ca | #9 of 30 Things To Do in Sainte-Eustache Jeanne Mance Park Montreal PQ ~14.63 miles from Sainte-Eustache city center Hotels Close to Jeanne Mance Park Facing the mountain across Parc Avenue is Jeanne-Mance Park (Parc Jeanne-Mance), formerly known as Fletcher's Field. A popular recreational area, Jeanne Mance Park features an artificially surfaced field for soccer and football, tennis courts, two baseball diamonds, a kiddie pool, beach volleyball courts and a community composting facility. In the spring of 2009, a children's playground was abruptly demolished by city workers. The park had been the home of the transplanted Crystal Palace from 1878 to 1896, until it was destroyed by fire. | #10 of 30 Things To Do in Sainte-Eustache Mont Royal Park Montreal QC ~14.85 miles from Sainte-Eustache city center Hotels Close to Mont Royal Park The mountain is the site of Mount Royal Park (in French: Parc du Mont-Royal), one of Montreal's largest greenspaces. The park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, who also designed New York's Central Park, and inaugurated in 1876, although not completed to his design.Olmsted had planned to emphasize the mountainous topography through the use of vegetation. Shade trees at the bottom of the carriage path would resemble a valley. As the visitor went higher, the vegetation would get more sparse to give the illusion of exaggerated height. City officials wanted a reservoir atop the mountain instead and Olmsted planned a grand promenade around it. However, Montreal suffered a depression in the mid 1870s and many of Olmsted's plans were abandoned. The carriage way was built, but it was done ha... | #11 of 30 Things To Do in Sainte-Eustache Molson Stadium Montreal PQ ~15.07 miles from Sainte-Eustache city center Hotels Close to Molson Stadium Percival Molson Memorial Stadium is a stadium owned by McGill University. It is the home of the Montreal Alouettes, the McGill Redmen and the Selwyn House Gryphons.Before World War I, McGill University authorised construction of a new stadium on the slope of Mount Royal, at the corner of University and Pine (avenue Des Pins). On July 5, 1917, Captain Percival Molson, a McGill University alumnus and sports star who had been instrumental in getting the stadium plan approved, was killed in action in France. His will left $75,000 to the university to help pay most of the total costs for the construction of the stadium. Other individual donors whose generosity built and renovated the stadium were William C. Macdonald and John W. McConnell. Designed by Percy Erskine Nobbs, the stadium was of... | #12 of 30 Things To Do in Sainte-Eustache Lafontaine Park Montreal PQ ~15.22 miles from Sainte-Eustache city center Hotels Close to Lafontaine Park Parc Lafontaine (in English, Lafontaine Park) is a 36-hectare urban park located in Montreal's Plateau Mont-Royal district. Named in honour of Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, features include two linked ponds with a fountain and waterfalls; the Théâtre de Verdure open-air venue; the Calixa-Lavallée cultural centre, as well as playing fields and tennis courts.Outdoor swimming pools are a popular attraction during Montreal's hot summer, followed by outdoor ice skating in winter. A children’s zoo ceased operations in 1989. Bike paths run along the park’s western and northern edges. | #13 of 30 Things To Do in Sainte-Eustache McGill University Montreal PQ ~15.28 miles from Sainte-Eustache city center Hotels Close to McGill University McGill University was founded in 1821 and is a research-intensive, public university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Named after James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university.McGill University (or simply McGill) is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university. Founded in 1821, McGill is one of the oldest universities in Canada, chartered during the British colonial era, 46 years before Canadian Confederation. Having shifted from a private institution to a public institution, McGill has evolved during its history, especially in the area of anglophone–francophone rel... http://www.mcgill.ca | #14 of 30 Things To Do in Sainte-Eustache Redpath Museum Montreal PQ ~15.29 miles from Sainte-Eustache city center Hotels Close to Redpath Museum The Redpath Museum is a museum of natural history belonging to McGill University and located on the university's campus at 859 Sherbrooke Street West in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was built in 1882 as a gift from the sugar baron Peter Redpath. It houses collections of interest to ethnology, biology, paleontology, and mineralogy/geology. The collections were started by some of the same individuals who founded the Smithsonian and Royal Ontario Museum collections. The current director is David Green.Commissioned by Redpath to mark the 25th anniversary of Sir John William Dawson's appointment as Principal, the Museum was designed by A.C. Hutchison and A. D. Steele. McGill University's Redpath Museum Web site characterizes it as an "idiosyncratic expression of eclectic Victorian Classicism"... | #15 of 30 Things To Do in Sainte-Eustache Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Montreal PQ ~15.29 miles from Sainte-Eustache city center Hotels Close to Montreal Museum of Fine Arts The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (French: Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal) is a major museum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1860, making it Canada's oldest art institution.It is Montreal's largest museum and is amongst the most prominent in Canada. The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is a member of the International Group of Organizers of Large-scale Exhibitions, also known as the Bizot Group, a forum which allows the leaders of the largest museums in the world to exchange works and exhibitions.The museum is located on the historic Golden Square Mile stretch of Sherbrooke Street. | #16 of 30 Things To Do in Sainte-Eustache Saint Louis Square Montreal PQ ~15.41 miles from Sainte-Eustache city center Hotels Close to Saint Louis Square The land where Saint-Louis Square sits was once intended for the city’s reservoir. When it was acquired in 1848, it seemed the most logical use for the burgeoning city. However, by the time the city was ready to build, the population had grown so much that the amount of area allotted was no longer suitable for a reservoir large enough to serve the masses.Instead, in 1879, the acreage was transformed into a beautiful park. The square was named for two of the city’s most prominent businessmen, brothers Emmanuel and Jean-Baptiste Saint-Louis.The area around Square St-Louis quickly became THE place to live. Shortly after the park was built, magnificent houses began to spring up around it. These were the homes of the upper-middle-class French Canadians who could afford to build grand d... | #17 of 30 Things To Do in Sainte-Eustache McCord Museum Montreal PQ ~15.47 miles from Sainte-Eustache city center Hotels Close to McCord Museum The McCord Museum (in French, Musée McCord) is a public research and teaching museum dedicated to the preservation, study, diffusion, and appreciation of Canadian history. The museum, whose full name is McCord Museum of Canadian History, is located at 690 Sherbrooke Street West, next to McGill University, in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. | #18 of 30 Things To Do in Sainte-Eustache Les Cours Mont Royal Montreal PQ ~15.50 miles from Sainte-Eustache city center Hotels Close to Les Cours Mont Royal Les Cours Mont-Royal is an upscale shopping centre in Downtown Montreal, Quebec which was converted from the former Mount Royal Hotel. Since 1988, Les Cours Mont-Royal has provided exclusive boutiques offering designer brands and unique fashions and accessories for both men and women in a prestigious shopping environment.Designed by Ross and Macdonald, a prolific architectural firm in Montreal and across Canada, and completed in 1922, the Mount Royal Hotel was the biggest of its kind in the British Empire, with 1,100 rooms. Erected on the site of Montreal High School at 1455 Peel Street, the construction of this building in the Beaux-Arts architectural style was part of a larger trend in the then largest city of Canada to attract high-class tourists with luxurious edifices. Other famou... | #19 of 30 Things To Do in Sainte-Eustache City Centre Montreal Montreal PQ ~15.51 miles from Sainte-Eustache city center Hotels Close to City Centre Montreal
| #20 of 30 Things To Do in Sainte-Eustache Canadian Centre for Architecture Montreal PQ ~15.52 miles from Sainte-Eustache city center Hotels Close to Canadian Centre for Architecture The Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) is an architecture museum and research centre located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [1] Phyllis Lambert is the founder and director.The centre is located at 1920 Baile street and was designed by Montreal native architect Peter Rose, now of Rose + Guggenheimer Studio [1] (Boston, New York). It is housed in a building made up of the historical Shaughnessy mansion, built for Thomas Shaughnessy, which faces René Lévesque Boulevard, and a modern low lying construction which faces Baile Street and presents the museum entrance. The CCA sculpture garden includes Melvin Charney's Colonnes allégoriques.Most of the rooms of the Shaughnessy mansion have been restored to their original 1874 state. The centre offers tours adapted to specific groups and educa... | #21 of 30 Things To Do in Sainte-Eustache Just For Laughs Museum Montreal PQ ~15.57 miles from Sainte-Eustache city center Hotels Close to Just For Laughs Museum The Just for Laughs Museum is a museum dedicated to humour (mainly stand-up comedy) located in the heart of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.The Just for Laughs Museum was created by Gilbert Rozon, who wanted to buy in on the success of the Just for Laughs festival. Opened in 1993, the museum is a venue for all things funny with displays, exhibitions, and a multi-functional space for the presentation of public, private or professional events.The Museum is located at 2111 boul. Saint-Laurent, Montréal, QC, Canada, and is also accessible from the Metro via the Saint-Laurent station. Perhaps coincidentally, St-Laurent is the French name of Lawrence of Rome, the patron saint of comedians. | #22 of 30 Things To Do in Sainte-Eustache The Village Montreal PQ ~15.58 miles from Sainte-Eustache city center Hotels Close to The Village Goose Village was a neighbourhood in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its official but less commonly used name was Victoriatown, after the adjacent Victoria Bridge. The neighbourhood was built on an area formerly known as Windmill Point, where thousands of Irish immigrants died from disease in 1847-1848.Goose Village was located near Griffintown, in what is now the southwest borough. The community encompassed six streets, in what is now a bus station and parking lot. The streets were named after various bridges designed by the principal engineer of the Victoria Bridge, Robert Stephenson | #23 of 30 Things To Do in Sainte-Eustache National Library of Quebec Montreal PQ ~15.59 miles from Sainte-Eustache city center Hotels Close to National Library of Quebec Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ, "National Library and Archives of Quebec") is the Crown corporation acting as the provincial library of Quebec. Its mission, defined by law B-2.2, An Act respecting the Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, is "to assemble, preserve permanently and disseminate Quebec's published documentary heritage together with any related document of cultural interest, and documents relating to Quebec that are published outside Quebec", as well as "to offer democratic access to Quebec's national documentary heritage, culture and knowledge and to act as catalyst in relation to Quebec documentary institutions, thus contributing to the personal development of citizens". BAnQ receives approximately C$80 million in annual financing and is obliged by law to off... | #24 of 30 Things To Do in Sainte-Eustache Centre Eaton Montreal PQ ~15.63 miles from Sainte-Eustache city center Hotels Close to Centre Eaton The Centre Eaton is a shopping mall located in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. With over 26,941.9 m2 (290,000 sq ft) of leasable floor area, the Centre Eaton is home to 175 shops and services, 32 restaurants and movie theatres. Its merchant mix attracts over 19 million people annually. | #25 of 30 Things To Do in Sainte-Eustache Montreal Insectarium Montreal PQ ~15.65 miles from Sainte-Eustache city center Hotels Close to Montreal Insectarium The Montréal Insectarium is a museum located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, featuring a large quantity of insects from all around the world. It is the largest North American insectarium and among the largest insectariums worldwide. It was founded by Georges Brossard and opened on February 7, 1990. Its average attendance is 400,000 visitors per year. It displays both live and dead insect collections, from butterflies to bees and ants.It is one of the city's most popular tourist attractions, along with the Montreal Botanical Garden, Montreal Planetarium and the Montreal Biodome.Seen from the sky, the Montréal Insectarium resembles a stylized insect. This can also be seen from the observatory of Montréal's Olympic Stadium. | #26 of 30 Things To Do in Sainte-Eustache Christ Church Cathedral Montreal PQ ~15.66 miles from Sainte-Eustache city center Hotels Close to Christ Church Cathedral A cathedral by this name was formerly located on Notre-Dame Street in Old Montreal. It had been designated as the cathedral for the new Diocese of Montreal when the Diocese of Montreal was separated from the Diocese of Quebec. The original Christ Church Cathedral was destroyed by fire in 1856.The present cathedral, an Neo-gothic structure, was designed by architect Frank Wills, who also designed Christ Church Cathedral in Fredericton, New Brunswick. It was completed in 1859 and consecrated in 1867.Unfortunately, the design, though acclaimed for its architecture, suffered from important engineering flaws. The soft ground could not support the heavy central stone tower and steeple, which began to subside and lean. This defect formed the basis of an important lawsuit (Wardle v. Bethune) o... | #27 of 30 Things To Do in Sainte-Eustache Place des Arts Montreal PQ ~15.68 miles from Sainte-Eustache city center Hotels Close to Place des Arts Place des Arts is a major performing arts centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.Located in the eastern part of the city's downtown, between Ste-Catherine and de Maisonneuve Streets, and St-Urbain and Jeanne-Mance streets, in an area now known as the Quartier des Spectacles, the complex is home to the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, and the Opéra de Montréal.Place des Arts was an initiative of Mayor Jean Drapeau, a noted lover of opera, as part of a project to expand the downtown core eastward from the concentration of business and financial activity in the centre-west part of downtown. The Corporation George-Étienne-Cartier, named in honour of George-Étienne Cartier, a Father of Confederation and opera lover, was set up to build it, and the first part of the c... | #28 of 30 Things To Do in Sainte-Eustache Museum of Contemporary Art Montreal PQ ~15.72 miles from Sainte-Eustache city center Hotels Close to Museum of Contemporary Art The Museum’s contemporary pieces range from the clean geometric abstraction of Guido Molinari and the Plasticiens to the magic realism of Alex Colville’s Church and Horse (1964). The collection includes several works by internationally acclaimed Montreal artist Betty Goodwin, as well as minimalist sculpture, installation pieces and other recent art forms.The Museum’s collection of international contemporary art includes works by American artists such as Hans Hofmann, Sam Francis, Robert Rauschenberg, Alexander Calder, Louise Nevelson and Leon Golub. European artists are represented by Gerhard Richter, Jorg Immendorff, Rebecca Horn, Barry Flanagan and Stephan Balkenhol. | #29 of 30 Things To Do in Sainte-Eustache Bell Centre - Montreal Canadiens Montreal PQ ~15.78 miles from Sainte-Eustache city center Hotels Close to Bell Centre - Montreal Canadiens The Bell Centre (French: Le Centre Bell), formerly known as the Molson Centre (French: le Centre Molson), is a sports and entertainment complex in Montreal, Quebec. It has been the home of the National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens hockey team since March 16, 1996, when they hosted the New York Rangers (a game which the Canadiens won 4–2). The team departed from the historic Montreal Forum after their last game on March 11 of the same year. Construction began on the site on June 22, 1993, 13 days after the Canadiens defeated the Los Angeles Kings at the Forum for their 24th and most recent Stanley Cup. The name of the arena initially reflected Molson, Inc., a brewing company which was owner of the Canadiens at the time. Some members of Montreal sports media, namely Jack Todd, pushed f... | #30 of 30 Things To Do in Sainte-Eustache Cathedrale Marie Reine du Monde Montreal PQ ~15.81 miles from Sainte-Eustache city center Hotels Close to Cathedrale Marie Reine du Monde The Cathedral-Basilica of Mary, Queen of the World (French: Cathédrale Marie-Reine-du-Monde) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is the seat of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Montreal. It is the third largest church in Quebec after St. Joseph's Oratory (also in Montreal) and the Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré east of Quebec City. The church is located at 1085 Cathedral Street (45°29'57.10?N 73°34'6.10?W) at the corner of René Lévesque Boulevard and Metcalfe Street, near the Bonaventure metro station and Central Station in downtown Montreal. It and the connected Archdiocese main buildings form the eastern side of Place du Canada, and occupies of dominant presences on Dorchester Square.The sacrament of baptism is celebrated in the small chapel. The marble baptismal font is surmounted by an... |
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