Park Lafontaine
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Description:
Lafontaine is a vast urban park located in the heart of Montreal. The park is very beautiful, it is perfect for picnics, hiking and outdoor sports.
Lafontaine Park was named after Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, a popular Canadian politician and prime minister. The area of the park is 36 hectares. Most of this area is occupied by green spaces, but the park also has two large lakes, a fountain and a small waterfall. Life in the park boils in both summer and winter. In the warm season, La Fontaine Park attracts swimmers, rollers, cyclists and just vacationers, and in winter, lovers of ice skating gather here.
There are several beautiful statues on the territory of the park, as well as a large open-air theater. And for sports there are football fields and tennis courts. In general, La Fontaine Park is one of the most popular places for recreation in Montreal, attracting a large number of residents and guests of the city.