{"id":83349,"date":"2018-01-23T00:17:27","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T05:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wend.ca\/?p=83349"},"modified":"2020-06-19T20:54:59","modified_gmt":"2020-06-20T00:54:59","slug":"these-are-the-great-views-from-marguerite-bourgeoys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=83349","title":{"rendered":"These are the great views from Marguerite Bourgeoys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The view from the top of Marguerite Bourgeoys is definitely worth the climb; and, there are plenty of places to take breaks along the way to make the climb manageable for those who need to take it slow. <\/p>\n<p>From the top you immediately see <em>Quai de l&#8217;Horloge<\/em> with the <em>Plage de l&#8217;Horloge<\/em> and the Sailors&#8217; Memorial Clock (1919). Line ups for the clock start early in the morning&#8230; it takes a while to do the 192-step climb for the view.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-83349 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=83360'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sm-2017-08-11-10.37.23-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=83584'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sm-2017-08-07-10.42.18-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=83585'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sm-2017-08-07-10.42.23-1-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=83586'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sm-2017-08-11-10.37.48-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=83587'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sm-2017-08-11-10.38.25-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=83588'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sm-2017-08-11-10.31.31-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=83589'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sm-2017-08-11-10.31.44-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=83590'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sm-2017-08-11-10.38.00-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Past the Quai de l&#8217;Horloge are the two <em>Parc Jean-Drapeau<\/em> islands. In 1965, as the city was building the Metro system, they used the 15-million tons of rock they excavated to create L&#8217;\u00eele Notre-Dame, the site of Expo &#8217;67. <\/p>\n<p>The second island is \u00cele Sainte-H\u00e9l\u00e8ne, a historic island that once belonged to the <a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=79543\">Le Moyne family<\/a> (1665-1818). \u00cele Sainte-H\u00e9l\u00e8ne was historically smaller but expanded for Expo &#8217;67.<\/p>\n<p>South of Marguerite Bourgeoys is Old Montr\u00e9al. The first stone chapel founded by Marguerite Bourgeoys in 1675 sat in this location as part of Montr\u00e9al&#8217;s original waterfront landscape.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-83349 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=83362'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sm-2017-08-11-10.41.59-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=83361'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sm-2017-08-11-10.38.34-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" 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