Richard Flynn

Montreal, October 2009

A few photos from the time I spent in Montreal, when it wasn’t pouring with rain, or when I wasn’t in Toronto picking up my newly-repaired camera.

The sanctuary and dome of the Cathédrale Marie-Reine-du-Monde in Montreal.
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Lady chapel, Cathédrale Marie-Reine-du-Monde.
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Holy Cross chapel, Cathédrale Marie-Reine-du-Monde.
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The front of the Cathédrale Marie-Reine-du-Monde. I suspect the columned portico is supposed to make you think of St Peter’s Basilica at Rome.
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War memorial, Montreal.
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I am always fascinated to see relict wall-paintings in the cities I visit. This monoglot English sign in Montreal is a particularly fine example. The Quebec government passed a law in 1974 requiring that French be used everywhere in the province, and saying that French should be given special prominence on all public signs in streets.
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Autumn colours in Montreal.
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Autumn colours in Montreal.
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Looking towards the Bonsecours Market in Montreal.
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A rather dilapidated vessel moored along the river in Montreal.
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I scratched my head when I saw this boat in Montreal. I wonder if there is a boat registered in Halifax called the Toronto? That would really confuse the issue.
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Grain elevators in the Vieux Port in Montreal.
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Pumpkins for sale at an open-air market in Mont-Royal, the original settlement of Montreal.
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Another wall-painted sign which has lasted the tests of time. All those machines!
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