Laval

Worth seeing in and around Laval

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Île Jésus

   Île Jésus is a river island in southwestern Quebec, separated from the mainland to the north by the Rivière des Mille Îles, and from the Island of Montreal to the south by the Rivière des Prairies. It is the second-largest island in the Hochelaga Archipelago, and the fourth most populous island in Canada, with more than 420,000 residents as of 2016.

   3.7 km · island in Quebec; site of the city of Laval · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Place Bell

   Place Bell is a multi-purpose arena in Laval, Quebec, Canada. The complex includes a 10,172-seat main arena, which is the home of the Laval Rocket of the American Hockey League, and two smaller community ice rinks, one of which has Olympic-size ice.

   3.8 km · sports arena in Laval, Quebec · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Saint Sauveur Cathedral

   Saint Sauveur Melkite Greek Catholic Cathedral is a Melkite Greek Catholic cathedral in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located at 10025 boulevard de l'Acadie in the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville.

   8.1 km · church in Quebec, Canada · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Bordeaux Prison

   The Bordeaux Prison, also known as the Montreal Detention Centre, is a provincial prison in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located at 800 Gouin Boulevard West in the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville.

   6.6 km · building in Quebec, Canada · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Ahuntsic Park

   Ahuntsic Park is an urban park in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is bordered by Henri Bourassa Boulevard to the north, Saint Hubert Street to the east, Lajeunesse Street to the west and Fleury Street to the south.

   7.3 km · public park in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough of Montreal (Quebec, Canada) · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Church of La Visitation-de-la-Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie

   L'Église de la Visitation de la Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie is a church in the neighbourhood of Recollet Falls in Montreal. The oldest church on the island of Montreal, it was built between 1749 and 1752.

   7 km · church in Montreal, Canada · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Bois-de-Liesse Nature Park

   The Bois-de-Liesse Nature Park is a large nature park that spans several cities on the northwestern part of the Island of Montreal in Quebec, Canada. Most of the western reach of the park is in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, with a small part in Dorval.

   8.7 km · large nature park in Montreal, Canada · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Belmont Park, Montreal

   Belmont Park was an amusement park that operated between 1923 and 1983 in the Montreal neighbourhood of Cartierville in Quebec, Canada. Located on the banks of Riviere des Prairies, Belmont Park was best known for its wooden roller coaster, the Cyclone, but at one time or another had a Philadelphia Toboggan Company carousel, Ferris wheel, picnic grounds, dance hall, swimming pool, roller skating rink plus numerous other rides for adults and a "Kiddieland." Belmont Park, which had opened on June 9, 1923, closed permanently on October 13, 1983.

   6 km · amusement park operated until 1983 in northern Montréal, Canada · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Lachapelle Bridge

   Lachapelle Bridge, also known as Cartierville Bridge, is a road bridge that connects Montreal to Laval by spanning the Rivière des Prairies. This bridge spans the Rivière des Prairies between the Montreal borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville and the Laval neighbourhood of Chomedey.

   5.9 km · bridge in Canada · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Pie IX Bridge

    Pie-IX Bridge is a bridge in Quebec, spanning the Rivière des Prairies. It connects the Saint-Vincent-de-Paul area of Laval, on Île Jésus, and the borough of Montréal-Nord in Montreal, on the Island of Montreal.

    8.2 km · bridge · Wikipedia

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Getting to Laval

Airports

Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau (YUL), 13 km · Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier (YOW), 152 km · Quebec Jean Lesage (YQB), 226 km

Stations

Côte-Vertu, 9.3 km · Henri-Bourassa, 7.1 km · Montmorency, 3.5 km · De la Concorde, 4 km · Cartier, 5.9 km

• Ottawa → Laval

  157 km · quickest by road, 3h 6m · C$25–33
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• Quebec → Laval

  235 km · quickest by road, 4h 24m · C$33–44
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• Hamilton → Laval

  14399 km · quickest by air, 29h 20m · NZ$3,140–4,850
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Laval. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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