Fodor's Expert Review Cimetière Mont-Royal

Cote-des-Neiges Cemetery Fodor's Choice

If you find yourself humming "Getting to Know You" as you explore Mont-Royal Cemetery's 165 acres, blame it on the graveyard's most famous permanent guest, Anna Leonowens (1834–1915). She was the real-life model for the heroine of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I. The cemetery—established in 1852 by the Anglican, Presbyterian, Unitarian, and Baptist churches—is laid out like a terraced garden, with footpaths that meander between crab-apple trees and past Japanese lilacs. If you're lucky, you may spot a fox sunbathing on one of the tombstones in winter.

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1297 chemin de la Forêt
Montréal, Québec  H2V 2P9, Canada

514-279–7358

www.mountroyalcem.com

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