Dollard-Des Ormeaux

Worth seeing in and around Dollard-Des Ormeaux

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
   Église Sainte-Geneviève

   The Église Sainte-Geneviève is a parish church located in the former village of Sainte-Geneviève, Québec on the north-west shore of the Island of Montreal overlooking the Rivière des Prairies.

   4.4 km · church building in Montreal, Quebec, Canada · Wikipedia
2. 02
   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.

   9 km · amusement park operated until 1983 in northern Montréal, Canada · Wikipedia
3. 03
   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.

   4.8 km · large nature park in Montreal, Canada · Wikipedia
4. 04
   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.

   8.8 km · bridge in Canada · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Bois-de-l'Île-Bizard Nature Park

   Bois-de-l'Île-Bizard Nature Park is a large nature park in the L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The nature park is in the east-central part of Île Bizard.

   5.9 km · large nature park in Montreal, Canada · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Collège Gérald-Godin

   Cégep Gérald-Godin is a French-language public college located in Sainte-Geneviève, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the first and only French-language public college on the West Island of Montreal.

   4 km · Public college in Montréal, Quebec · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Technoparc Montreal

   Technoparc Montréal is a hightech industrial park in Montréal. The Neomed institute is located in the Technoparc and hosts many small and medium-sized pharmaceutical research companies.

   4.3 km · industrial park in Montréal, Canada · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Bibliothèque de Laval

   The Bibliothèques de Laval, is the public library system of Laval, Quebec, Canada. It is one of the largest French language public library systems in the province and in North America.

   9.4 km · library · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Place Vertu

   Place Vertu is a shopping mall in the borough of Saint-Laurent in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located on Côte-Vertu Boulevard, at the corner of Cavendish Boulevard, and has a high-rise building.

   8.8 km · building in Quebec, Canada · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Parc Berthiaume-Du Tremblay

    Parc Berthiaume-Du-Tremblay is a park located in Chomedey, a suburb of Laval, Quebec, Canada a short distance from Montreal Island. It has a football/soccer stadium, Berthiaume-Du-Tremblay Stadium, and a baseball stadium.

    7.4 km · park in Laval (Quebec, Canada) · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

While the West Island is mostly a collection of residential suburbs, it is also home to a number of large parks and green spaces. For those interested in Montreal's history and architecture, the West Island also has many older buildings with some dating back to the 18th century.

1. 01
   Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Village

   A historic waterfront village founded in 1703.

2. 02
   Morgan Arboretum

   150 Chemin des Pins (take exit 41 on Autoroute 40 to Chemin Sainte-Marie.

3. 03
   Ecomuseum Zoo

   21125 Chemin Sainte-Marie, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, H9X 3Y7 (Take exit 44 on Autoroute 40.

4. 04
   Pointe-Claire Village

   A quaint collection of shops and restaurants in Pointe-Claire, near the waterfront.

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Things to do

1. 01
   Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Canal
2. 02
   McGill University MacDonald Campus

   Visit MacDonald Campus of McGill University, featuring its experimental farm, raptor/rare bird centre, eco-museum, and arboretum.

3. 03
   Parc-nature du Cap-Saint-Jacques

   20099 boul Gouin Ouest, Pierrefonds, H9K 1C6.

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Where to eat

Montreal's three best-known specialties are available on the West Island. Smoked meat sandwiches are available at delis, such as the Chenoy's on Boulevard Saint-Jean, the deli in Fairview shopping centre, or Smoked Meat Pete's in Pincourt ("can't beat Pete's meat"). Bagels are available from Real Bagel (Rue Saint-Jean), Bagel Ouest (Boulevard des Sources), and St-Viateur Bagel (821 Rue Tecumseh).

1. 01
   La Station Café

   104, rue Elm (In the Beaconsfield train station), info@lastationcafe.com.

2. 02
   Bombay Choupati

   5011 Boulevard des Sources, Pierrefonds,.

3. 03
   La Perle

   4230 Boulevard Saint-Jean (Dollard-des-Ormeaux),.

4. 04
   Le Gourmand

   42 Sainte-Anne, Pointe-Claire (211 Bus, or drive), restaurantlegourmand@gmail.com.

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Getting to Dollard-Des Ormeaux

Airports

Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau (YUL), 6 km · Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier (YOW), 146 km · Quebec Jean Lesage (YQB), 237 km

Stations

Montréal–Trudeau International Airport, 6.1 km · Grand-Moulin, 8.2 km · Sainte-Dorothée, 5.6 km · Marie-Curie, 4.4 km · Bois-Franc, 9.2 km

• Ottawa → Dollard-Des Ormeaux

  146 km · quickest by road, 2h 47m · C$22–29
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• Quebec → Dollard-Des Ormeaux

  249 km · quickest by road, 4h 40m · C$34–45
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• Hamilton → Dollard-Des Ormeaux

  14388 km · quickest by air, 29h 2m · NZ$3,130–4,840
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