We did not have our list of ancestors with us, but were able to find a lot of relatives anyway--there were LeDucs, Tessiers, Archambaults and Hamelins, all names in our family tree. These were not our direct ancestors, since the cemetery was founded in 1854, after our people were already in the US, but they are definitely our cousins! The mausoleums are not our relatives, but are interesting just the same--there are hundreds of them here, and some under construction.
After the cemetery we took a bus back down the mountain, took a different bus to the Metro station and then took the green train out to Olympic Village. It was still raining.
The Montreal Tower is located here, and of course I went to the top. Rana kept her feet on the ground.
Unfortunately the view from the top was obscured by rain and fog.
Here is the tower with a passenger car about 1/4 of the way down from the top.
We got back on the train after that, and headed to Old Montreal, stopping to take more photos of the Notre Dame Basilica.
We had lunch at a lovely little crepe restaurant. This table was reserved. Crepes, gelato and tea; what could be better?
We then walked down to the tourist information center and asked about another ancestral monument and found out that it is in Quebec City--we'll look for that later this week. There were 2 plaques commemorating the Great Recruitment of 1653, when over 100 men came from France to Montreal to save the fledgling community from the Iroquois Indians. We only got to see one plaque, since the other one was behind the porta-john!
We stopped at Notre Dame de Bon Secours chapel, long beloved as a sailors' church.
We walked back to Pointe-a-Calliere, where Montreal was founded. Then walked to the bus stop and came back to the hotel. My feet are talking to me again today--almost 9 miles on them, and we still have to go out for dinner!
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