W. J. Benallack residence (1920). The Benallack Lithographing & Printing Co., Ltd. Located at 82 Victoria Square.

Garden fountain, at the presbytery, now serving as a lawn ornament.

Parish priest’s residence (presbytery) for Saint-Léon de Westmount Parish (designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1997).

The current walking paths through the park are poured concrete. They are no different from the city’s downtown sidewalks. One doesn’t have to look too closely, on either side of the paths, to see the damage to the trees (boughs cut back to stumps) caused by the equipment used to install these in 2013.

Paving stones were used in the older (1980’s – that is as far I can remember) section of the park’s paths. They are not “bike friendly”; that could solve an ongoing issue whereby riders are posing a hazard to pedistrians.

Lawn, near Murray Hill Park, covered in blue flowers (Chionodoxa luciliae).

From Wikipedia:

“Chionodoxa luciliae (syn. C. gigantea) or Lucile’s Glory-of-the-snow is a bulbous perennial from west Turkey flowering in early spring. After flowering, it goes into dormancy until the next spring. The Latin name is in honour of Lucile, the wife of the Swiss botanist Pierre Edmond Boissier.”

Muddy trail along the Summit on a Spring afternoon.

In 1943 the National Research Council had an experimental radio tower & service building in Summit Park. During that same period, the Verdun and District Sportsmen’s Association introduced pheasants to the Summit. These were cared for by the Westmount Park authorities.

Rain clouds on a Sunday afternoon.

View on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

J. M. Riddell residence, freight agent, Grand Trunk Railway (1900)