User:QuentinQuixote/Grand Parc de L’Ouest

Grand Parc de L'Ouest is a planned park in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

The plan is to combine the following into one large park:


 * L'Anse-à-l'Orme Nature Park
 * Bois-de-l'Île-Bizard Nature Park
 * Bois-de-la-Roche Agricultural Park
 * Cap-Saint-Jacques Nature Park
 * Rapides du Cheval Blanc Park
 * Various areas of interest located in boroughs or related municipalities

https://www.makingmtl.ca/grandparcouest

The park offers new points of contact with nature and includes all five nature parks of Montréal’s West Island: Anse-à-l'Orme, Bois-de-l'Île-Bizard, Parc agricole du Bois-de-la-Roche, Cap-Saint-Jacques and Rapides-du-Cheval-Blanc, in addition to various areas of interest located in boroughs or related municipalities.

It is located on the banks of the Rivière des Prairies. Most of the park is located in the western sector of the borough Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles (Rivière-des-Prairies neighbourhood), with a small portion located in the eastern sector of the borough of Anjou.

Ruisseau-De Montigny Nature Park is a linear park, and is located between Perras Boulevard and Henri-Bourassa Boulevard, west of Louis-Hippolyte-Lafontaine Boulevard. The park borrows its name from a stream flowing through it from south to north, emptying into the Rivière des Prairies. This stream, which flows directly over limestone rock, has a waterfall with a drop of 3 m.

It includes 3.3 km of trails, and four small islands.

A count of the wildlife in the park indicated the presence of 62 species of birds and a dozen different species of mammals.

History
Before its opening of the park, a major cleanup was required to clean the stream and the surrounding woodland, which were previously used to deposit waste for several years. Ruisseau-De Montigny Nature Park opened in 2005 and originally had an area of 22 ha, which by 2011 grew to an area of 30 ha.

In January 2011, the city of Montreal adopted a plan for the development of green space also known as known as the "De Montigny Stream Basin Eco-territory", in order to improve access to the public. The city also aims to better protect the park, particularly against negative impacts that may occur as a result of the opening of the nearby Olivier-Charbonneau Bridge.