Parc La Fontaine is a beautiful 84 acre urban park in the borough of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal. It’s origins were from a farm called Logan’s Farm, then sold to the Canadian government in 1845 and used to house a British garrison. In 1874, the city of Montreal took control of the land and named it Logan Park and then renamed it Parc La Fontaine in 1901.
This walk will take you through this beautiful park, onto lovely Sherbrooke Street East and thru a working class steeped in history. Follow along the map below as well as the photos to get a good idea of this walk and the neighbourhood. The area we walked was St. Hubert Street to the west, Rachel Street to the north, Papineau Avenue to the east and Ontario Street East to the south.
We did this walk on Sunday May 31, 2020
Sherbrooke Street East corner of St Hubert Street
543 Sherbrooke Street East (built 1882)
Séraphin Saint-Onge House
Sherbrooke Street East corner of St Hubert Street
Sherbrooke Street East corner of St Andre Street
901 Sherbrooke Street East (built 1910)
Joseph-Hercule Dansereau House
Sherbrooke Street East corner of St Andre Street
Sherbrooke Street East
Avenue Parc Lafontaine
Fire Station No. 16 (built 1891)
1041 Rachel Street East
Parc La Fontaine
École Le Plateau (built 1930)
3700 Avenue Calixa-Lavallée (within the park grounds)
original Bibliothèque Centrale de Montréal (built 1914-1917)
1210 Sherbrooke Street East
Sherbrooke Street East
Notre-Dame Hospital (built 1922-1924)
1560 Sherbrooke Street East
original Montreal Dairy factory (built 1910)
1930 Papineau Street
original Montreal Dairy advertisemnt for ice cream
Montreal Gazette – Sat. Aug.14, 1915
École Garneau (built 1916)
1808 Papineau Street
old City and District Savings Bank (built 1906)
1551 Ontario Street East
Église Sacré-coeur-de-Jésus (built 1886)
2000 Alexandre de Sève Street
original École Plessis (built 1877-1881)
2075 Plessis Street
corner of Ontario Street East and Panet Avenue
corner of Ontario Street East and Beaudry Street
original Saint Jacques Market – beautiful Art Deco (built 1931)
1125 Ontario Street East
original public bath Bain Genereux (built 1926)
2050 Atateken Street
Parc Simonne-Monet-Chartrand
Sherbrooke Street entrance corner of St Christophe Street
Parc Simonne-Monet-Chartrand
descending the stairs into St Christophe Street
St Christophe Street, looking north to Parc Simonne-Monet-Chartrand
St. Hubert Street looking north from Ontario Street East
St. Hubert Street looking south from Ontario Street East
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