Ahuntsic Park (french: Parc Ahuntsic) is an urban park in the

Ahuntsic-Cartierville Ahuntsic-Cartierville ( (local accent)) is a borough (''arrondissement'') of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The borough was created following the 2002 municipal reorganization of Montreal. It comprises two main neighbourhoods, Ahuntsic, ...

borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is bordered by

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to the north, Saint Hubert Street to the east, Lajeunesse Street to the west and Fleury Street to the south. It is located next to

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. The park is large. There are paths for pedestrians and cyclists, a

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, a bowling green, a community garden, a skate park and an indoor skating rink. One of the features of the park is its hill, and pond. There is also a welcome centre near the park's entrance.

Gary Carter Stadium

The park is also home to a

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which serves as the home field of the Orioles de Montréal of the

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. On October 10, 2012, Montreal mayor Gérald Tremblay and former Montreal Expos

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Rodger Brulotte announced that the baseball field at Ahuntsic Park would be named "''Gary Carter Stadium''" after the late Expo Hall of Famer

Gary Carter Gary Edmund Carter (April 8, 1954 – February 16, 2012) was an American professional baseball catcher whose 19-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career was spent primarily with the Montreal Expos and New York Mets. Nicknamed "the Kid" for his y ...

. On May 11, 2013, the Trois-Rivières Aigles and Québec Capitales of the Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball, played an exhibition game at Gary Carter Stadium. This marked the first professional baseball game played in Montreal since the last Expos home game on September 29, 2004.

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