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Montréal Beyond the Main Sights
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Follow Montréal’s quieter side through riverfront history, offbeat museums, artist-run spaces, independent culture, and neighbourhood institutions. This cross-city route starts by the Lachine Rapids and finishes with one of the city’s most overlooked Beaux-Arts mansions.
- Music
- Art
- Architecture
- Science & Tech
- Nature
- Local culture
- History
- Social Justice
- Food traditions
- Sports
- Religion
Places in this guide
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Lachine RapidsHome to Québec's largest heron colony 🦤 - 2
Musée de LachineOldest complete building on the island 🏛️ - 3
Musée des ondes Emile Berliner - 4
Maison Saint-GabrielRebuilt after the 1693 fire 🔥 - 5
Fonderie DarlingThe building known as the snake 🐍 - 6
La Guilde📜 Canada's first woman-run organization - 7
Parc des CarrièresQuarries that built a city 🏙️ - 8
Monastère du Bon-PasteurOne of Sherbrooke Street's first public buildings 🏛️ - 9
Écomusée du Fier MondeWorking-class history in a former public bath 🛁 - 10
Château DufresnePious artist's only surviving secular work 🎨
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