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Underground City has brought into reality a popular science fiction scenario. This network of tunnels under the streets of Montreal houses one of the most unusual shopping areas in the world. Still growing over 40 years later, it provides a haven for tourists and locals against the weather extremes common to Montreal, while giving them a shopping heaven.
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The Montreal Biodome is one of the most unusual tourist attractions in the world. Originally built in 1976 to house Olympic Games events, it has evolved into a showcase of ecosystems as they might be. The Biodome holds four such areas, representing different ecosystems of the Americas.
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Montreal's St. Joseph's Oratory
St. Joseph's Oratory, a large Catholic church atop Mont Royal in Montreal, is one of the most unusual religious structures in existence. It is so, not only because of the design, but owing to its history, as well.
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Known officially as the Quai du Vieux-Port, this section of Old Montreal (Vieux Montréal) is paradoxically one of the most up-to-date portions of the city. Like many cities bordered by large bodies of water, whether the Pacific Ocean as in San Francisco, or the Atlantic in New York, activities abound.
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Vieux Montréal, as it's known in the native language of Quebec, is a European postcard made real in North America. Along the cobblestoned streets crossing Place Jacques Cartier it's easily possible to imagine oneself in Paris.
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Montreal's Notre Dame Basilica
French for 'Our Lady', this Catholic cathedral of Montreal called Notre Dame richly deserves the same name as its more famous Parisian cousin. The church was designed in 1824 by an Irish-American Protestant, James O'Donnell.
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Montreal's Museum of Fine Arts
The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal is the oldest museum in Canada, and one of its finest. Founded in 1860, it moved to one of its present locations just before WWI in 1912. 'One of' because the museum is actually comprised of two separate buildings separated by a street, connected by a long underground tunnel.
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The Montreal Museum of Archeology and History
Constructed on the site where Montreal was founded in 1642, the Museum of Archeology and History is deservedly one of the most popular attractions in the city. First opened in 1992, the museum itself is built on some of the grounds that once held the objects now on display.
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The Jardin Botanique de Montréal happily resides in one of the most lush areas of North America. It was founded in 1936 by one of Canada's premier botanists, Frère Marie-Victorin and houses over 100,000 specimens representing 20,000 species. Second in size only to Kew Gardens in London, it is easily a rival for New York's famed institutions.
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Designed by Frederick Law Olmstead, builder of Central Park in New York, the parks atop Mont Royal provide one of Montreal's finest attractions. From there the view of the St. Lawrence River along its edge, as well as that of the city itself, is breathtaking.
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Using waterways to move goods, aid industry or simply for transportation has been done for centuries. But the excellent canals and ports used today didn't always exist, and sometimes creating them took generations. So it is with the Lachine Canal in Montreal.
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Montreal's iSci Science Center
Le Centre des Sciences de Montréal, as it's formally known, is one of the premier attractions in a city already filled with so many. Located along the length of King Edward Pier in Old Montreal, it's also one of the newer sights. Chock full of the latest computer and video technology, along with hundreds of interactive science-related exhibits, the iSci is a wonder.
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The Insectarium de Montréal, is one of the foremost collections of insects in the world. Possibly the largest in North America, there may be some larger, such as that in New York. But there are none finer. Opened in February, 1990 over 400,000 visitors per year come to be amazed at the collections.
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Montreal's City on the St. Lawrence
Montreal derives its musical-sounding name from a nearby mountain, Mont Royal, which also happens to be one of its main tourist attractions. But there's much more to this city on the St. Lawrence River than natural wonders, as abundant as those are.
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The Casino de Montréal gets about 15,000 gamblers per weekday, 25,000 on a weekend day. It's not hard to see why. With 3,000 slot machines alone, there's a lot of action. But that only begins to cover the possibilities in this gaming house in Quebec.
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Montreal - Canadian Center for Architecture
One of the few cities to dedicate a museum to the glory of building, the Centre Canadien d'Architecture in Montreal is itself glorious.
