The River, At Last!
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"Bassin de l'Horloge" or the Clock Basin. This is immediately in front of
(well actually at the back of) Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel, as shown
at the end of the previous page. The bridge is the Jacques Cartier,
and this is looking roughly east, downstream on the St. Lawrence River.
The red brick building on the far left is the Molson Brewery, complete with
clock; the latter was visible in the fireworks photos. The tower on the
right is the "Sailor's Memorial Clock Tower"; although open, I decided
against climbing the stairs to the top - I was already hot enough, thank you!
A tour boat coming under Jacques Cartier Bridge. The amusement park
on the right is on Ile Sainte Helene, and is also the area from which
last night's fireworks were launched. The island was part of the site
of Expo 67.
The tour boat passing Ile Sainte Helene, with the very top of the former US
pavillion at Expo 67 (the dome) on the far right of the picture.
The tower on the left is likely part of the old British fort from the 19th century.
Looking back towards downtown Montreal from near the Sailor's Memorial Clock Tower.
A better view of the Bonsecours Market (with the silver dome) and part of the
Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel on the far right (just above the yellow school bus).
There is a nice pedestrian area between the rail tracks and the river, and it
was quite popular this afternoon.
And across the tracks and the street on the other side would be a great
location for
roof top dining.
I expect the view is impressive,
and the breeze would be nice too, although I don't recall there being any.
Staying out of the sun was the way to stay cool.
Back To The Hotel
I had enough of the heat, so it was back to the hotel.
Not this one, though. I have never seen a Holiday Inn with oriental decorations!
But this one is in or near Chinatown, so if the customers want it...
This was just opposite the Convention Centre, which was the beginning of the Underground
City, so I headed into the cool and back to the Place des Arts.
Well, well, well. If it's not the School for Jazz again! Still in Complexe Desjardins.
Something I have never seen before - playing the piano while flat on your back,
which means the keys are now mirror image of their normal location relative to the body!
And his playing was quite good, although it was a simple piece, as befitting
the event. Truly amazing.
From there it was back to the hotel, to catch up on chores, do some reading
and cool off in anticipation of seeing some more jazz during the afternoon.
Vieux Montreal
Back To The Festival
"Bassin de l'Horloge" or the Clock Basin. This is immediately in front of
(well actually at the back of) Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel, as shown
at the end of the previous page. The bridge is the Jacques Cartier,
and this is looking roughly east, downstream on the St. Lawrence River.
The red brick building on the far left is the Molson Brewery, complete with
clock; the latter was visible in the fireworks photos. The tower on the
right is the "Sailor's Memorial Clock Tower"; although open, I decided
against climbing the stairs to the top - I was already hot enough, thank you!
