L'Anse-à-l'Orme Nature Park
L'Anse-à-l'Orme Nature Park is a large nature park in the Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
L'Anse-à-l'Orme Nature Park | |
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A wetland in the park | |
Location within Montreal | |
Type | Nature park |
Location | Pierrefonds-Roxboro, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Coordinates | 45°26′45″N 73°54′58″W |
Area | 196 hectares (480 acres) |
Operated by | City of Montreal |
Open | sunrise to sunset |
Status | Open all year |
Website | Official website |
Senneville Road, opens onto a vast expanse of water, a widening of the Lake of Two Mountains, called l'Anse à l'Orme (English: Elm Cove). The L'Anse-à-l'Orme Nature Park, which belongs to the city of Montreal, has an area of 220 hectares (540 acres). The park extends along the cove for about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi), on both sides of the mouth of the Rivière à l'Orme (English: Elm River). From the Lake of Two Mountains, the park area extends inland for an approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) long corridor along the line the banks of the Rivière à l'Orme.
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