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Parc Jean-Drapeau

Fodor's Review:

Île Ste-Hélène and Île Notre-Dame now constitute a single park named, fittingly enough, for Jean Drapeau (1916-99), the visionary (and spendthrift) mayor who built the Métro and brought the city both the 1967 World's Fair and the 1976 Olympics. The park includes a major amusement park, acres of flower gardens, a beach with filtered water, and the Casino de Montréal. There's history, too, at the Old Fort, where soldiers in colonial uniforms display the military methods used in ancient wars. In winter you can skate on the old Olympic rowing basin or slide down iced trails on an inner tube.

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