Frédéric-Back Park — Attraction in Montreal

Great parc to come walking, running an bicycling in summer around the loop and cross-country skiing in winter! It's well maintened and there's lots of trees and couple view point with bench. When you see the sign Fredéric-Back corner 2nd Avenue/Rue Deville just continue straight right until you see a hill, go up the hill and you will have an interesting view with Mont-royal far behind and there's a couple of bench to relax. Love to come here just before sunset, enjoy the last rays of Sun and then check out the sunset with sometimes amazing...

The place is huge and currently a work in progress. An old quarry, garbage dump, with composting gives an area a particular sleek. Strange pods contain gas wells used to power Cirque du soleil and the Tohu I've told. Its a 6 km walk around, once you started there's no shortcut back. A big downside is a recycling plant on the South side. Winds blow paper and plastic trash all over giving you a true garbage dump experience. Along the west side you have Taz and an indoor soccer stadium. Its promising, cant wait to see what it will look like...

The Parc Frédéric-Back, located within the Complexe environnemental St-Michel, is an ambitious environmental rehabilitation project. You can now visit and walk the complete path all around the old "Carrière Miron" some of the parts were closed for a while when in construction. On the east side weird little balls are set on ground. Very nice place to walk and very different. Surprisingly lots of Wildlife too. Not too much people either. Parking can be found on the streets near by. Sometimes weird smells coming out from the...