It astounds me that there are people in Montreal who have lived here for years and have no idea or clue about Montreal's southern shoreline and how it's basically one long, 20 km non-stop park (and bicycle path) from the Champlain Bridge right through Verdun, Lasalle and to the end of Lachine/beginning of Dorval. (Seriously Plateau yuppies and Mile End hipsters, get out of your shells sometime...)
Parc Rene Levesque is one of the more special ones, in that it is a peninsula created from landfill (like Ile Ste-Helene and Parc Jean Drapeau), but the landscape artists did a super job making the sculptures and the waterfront views the highlights of this peninsula park. On one side, it faces Kahnawake and on the other side, it faces the old Lachine village, the Lachine marina and the beginning of the Lachine Canal. This place is always filled with roller-bladers, cyclists and families out enjoying the day. Not sure if it's still going, but there used to be a ferry that ran between the tip of the park to the Lachine Village (in front of the Dairy Queen).
I find Montreal, while it has its share of sculptured public art, comes no where near as close the amounts of public sculptures and statues you see in cities like New York, Toronto or even Chicago. Come here, and it makes up for what it lacks downtown if you like sculptured art. In fact all the waterfront parks along Lachine are full of them. read more