Saint-Jacques Escarpment — Attraction in Montreal

Be careful. It's very isolated. I didn't get mugged, but you're a sitting duck. After a few minutes on the trail towards Pullman, I asked myself if I would be able exit at Pullman. What if it was fenced off? Would I have to walk back? I didn't want to walk back from where I entered. There are no exits in between. It's an uneasy feeling. What do you do in an emergency? There are train tracks below but there's a cliff. I wanted to get out. I found hiking rope up the cliff towards St Jacques. It was really steep and I relied on the strength of the rope. The last 10 feet were Mount Everest steep. It's a miracle I climbed the cliff. There was a hole in the fence. I walk through the hole and I find myself in a fenced in used car lot. Fence is to high and dangerous to climb. I tried squeezing under the fence. I was about to call 911 for help. But I saw a shorter fence on the property next door which is Belvedere Terry Fox. I exit the used car lot, and I walked the edge of the cliff towards the Belvedere Terry Fox. It was my last chance. Descending the Falaise was not an option. Just too steep and dangerous. I get to the Belvedere side prepared to jump the fence and I see a hole in the fence. I'm...

Great place to walk your dog, bike, jog, walk and feel connected to nature even though the highway is to the right and the train may even pass by. The newly protected park is one of the greenbelts in Montreal for the wildlife and a migratory path for many variety of birds. Once the trees and surrounding flora fill in it will be as close to nature as you can get without having to spend money on gas to get out of the city. So try it with the family, there are benches to...

It has potential. The woods are nice. There's also an overgrown road, with brick drains beside it that are similar to what they have on Chemin Olmsted. The path needs some trimming and is hard to follow in places. It would be great to be able to follow it from where St. Jacques meets the 720 all the way to Girouard. Unfortunately, some people seem to use some areas as a...