Rapids Park
Riverside park built over a decommissioned hydro plant, now a protected heron sanctuary beside roaring rapids.
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This guide to Rapids Park in Montreal traces Montreal's first hydroelectric plant, built in 1897 at the edge of the Lachine Rapids, through the odd year in 1937 when this working stretch of river was declared a bird sanctuary. It follows the plant into decline and the local kids who later treated its abandoned ruins as their own playground. Listen for the rapids beneath the birdsong as you walk the old foundation lines.
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