Old Montreal
Yacht Club Montreal
We spent the day exploring Old Montreal. Old Montreal is a
part of downtown Montreal that has been preserved in much of its original
state, with the oldest buildings dating back to the 1600's. This historic
neighborhood is a vibrant community, European in character with cobblestone
streets full of hotels, museums, restaurants and shops. We started our tour at
the Notre Dame de Bon Secours Chapel; it was the first stone church in
Montreal, erected in 1675. The original church burned in 1754 and was replaced
with the one we saw today. It has always been known as the Sailor’s
Church and welcomes all visitors. Our next stop was the Bonsecours Market built
in 1847 as a place where the citizens of Montreal could come to buy produce
from local farms. It is now full of designer boutiques. We rode our bikes along
streets that have been full of people since the 1700s; the buildings and small
streets were very charming and we felt like we had been transported to Europe. We
saw Montreal’s first bank, Notre Dame Basilica, Canada’s first skyscraper built
in 1888, and we wandered through Chinatown and then down Saint Paul Street, which
is the oldest street in Montreal. We
even enjoyed a lunch concert in a small park.
The weather turned bad late in the afternoon, so we had
dinner onboard…a little sad since there are so many wonderful places to eat in
Montreal. We had a great day in Montreal and enjoyed seeing the highlights.
Bonsecours
Market
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