L'Anse-à-l'Orme Nature Park is a large nature park in the Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough of

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. Senneville Road, opens onto a vast expanse of water, a widening of the Lake of Two Mountains, called l'Anse à l'Orme (). The L'Anse-à-l'Orme Nature Park, which belongs to the city of Montreal, has an area of . The park extends along the

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for about , on both sides of the mouth of the Rivière à l'Orme (). From the Lake of Two Mountains, the park area extends inland for an approximately long corridor along the line the banks of the Rivière à l'Orme.

History

Some believed that the name would indicate the presence of elms () here. Others say that the place name commemorates Julien Hubert dit Delorme to whom the land adjacent to the

() had been granted in 1698. The name "Rivière Anse à l'Orme" can be found on maps starting in 1744, on which the name appears to refer to as the cove as well. On 17 September 2008 the city of Montreal announced a expansion of the park. The enlarged area is composed mostly of

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land west of Pierrefonds-Roxboro. The park's area was further enlarged when, in 2011, an additional of land belonging to Investissement Québec in the Rivière à l'Orme ecoterritory in the neighbouring municipality of

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was annexed to it. This expansion ensured the conservation of the pockets of forests and wetlands, in addition to adding to the numerous trails used for walking and biking and recreational areas. File:Parc-nature de l-anse-a-l-Orme 001.JPG, Entrance to the park. File:Parc-nature de l-Anse-a-l-Orme 072.JPG, Recreational area of the park.

Plans

As of 2020, the City of Montreal has a plan to include the park into the future Grand Parc de l'Ouest.

References

External links

* (Montreal's Nature Parks) {{DEFAULTSORT:L'Anse-a-l'Orme Nature Park Parks in Montreal Pierrefonds-Roxboro Marshes of Canada