Another evening walk through the Park – one has to appreciate the thought and planning, over a century ago, in creating this area.

 

Always a familiar sign of mid-summer in Westmount Park: this year  Repercussion Theatre has all-female cast performing  Julius Caesar.

 

 

 

A Saturday evening walk, through the park, after today’s rain (finally) stopped.

 

Another walk through Westmount Park on a rainy Canada Day weekend evening

The area next to the park’s new Cornilleau outdoor ping-pong table is a perfect area to spot birds. This  time of year also  offers a variety plants in full bloom – one simply needs to disconnect from  our social media devices and look!

 

 

Late Spring  in Westmount Park.

The park’s lagoons trace the path of the ancient Glen Stream that ran above ground, from the mountain, through this area and emptying into a river that ran through Saint Henry (now named St. Henri).  The stream still exits; however, it now flows through underground conduits.

It makes one wonder that if such a stream existed today – would the same arguments hold true causing it to buried.

Interestingly, there are several cities involved in”daylighting” – tapping old creeks and streams and allowing them run through neighbourhoods.  Although expensive, this has been successfully done in Seattle, Portland, Yonkers, Providence and Zurich.

As they say, “food for thought”!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summer has (finally) arrived – about time – it is the middle of June!

Another beautiful evening’s walk through Westmount Park.