The Beckerath organ in Saint Joseph's Oratory basilica

Saint Joseph’s Oratory started as a chapel build by brother André Bessette who decided to dedicate it to St. Joseph to who he credited his healing power.

Brother André Bessette was canonized on the October 17, 2010, on Saint Peter’s Square in Rome, by Pope Benedict XVI.

Since the early days many pilgrims left thousands of crutches at the Basilica, that are on display in older section of oratory.

Saint Joseph’s Oratory, one of the better know symbols of Montreal (discover), located on the north slope of Mont Royal, is also the largest church in Canada.

Saint Joseph’s Oratory basilica photo gallery

Visit online;
L’Oratoire Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal, Montréal

Jesus, detail from Saint Joseph's Oratory basilica

More on Mont Royal:

Ice skating rink beside Beaver lake on Mont Royal is also featured on our video…

On the north-west side of Mont Royal is located cemetery – also last resting place for fallen Canadian soldiers going back to late 19th and early 20th century – honored every year on the Remembrance day…

In the Lachine marina, just beside René-Lévesque Park, begins Lachine canal, in months of Summer the waterway for pleasure boats connecting Lachine with old port Montreal, and via St Lawrence river with Quebec city (photos), all the way to the Atlantic ocean (discover).

Park is a peninsula surrounded on 3 sides with water. Park features more then a dozen art sculptures, arboretum and already mentioned marina on opposite side of a channel.

Bike path (10km long) also connects René-Lévesque Park in Lachine with Old Port Montreal… (discover)

Mont Tremblant (968 meters or 3.175 feet), all season resort is one of most attractive ski hills on the eastern side of North America (map). Mont Tremblant is located in the heart of Laurentians region (travel notes), just north from Montreal (travel notes) in the province of Quebec, Canada (discover).

Mont Tremblant in winter

Mont Tremblant and surrounding area provide numerous accommodations in pedestrian village and surrounding area.

Large number of outdoor activities include number of ski slopes, ski lift, gondola ride to the top of the mountain and from there more ski lifts, then few hiking trails, mountain biking, golf, activities on the lake, racing track, Mont Tremblant airport…

In photo gallery is featured Mont Tremblant in spring and summer months:

Mont Tremblant is also featured on a few of our video clips… – after all not everyone roller-blades on Mont Tremblant.

Comfort that your home offers, and in some instances more than that, creates relaxing, worry free atmosphere for you, your large family or group of friends.

Most chalets do accommodate 8+, feature well equipped kitchen, fireplace, playroom with pool table and/or outdoor hot tub, cathedral ceiling with glass wall that if on the hill offers great view on the Laurentians, few full bathrooms, BBQ, large TV, internet access and close to anything else you may need during your stay.

Everything else you can think off may be available or provided at the reception, in the main log cabin, also featured on our photo gallery.

Video clip featuring footage from the Blueberry Lake Resort…

Loved every bit of it and looking forward to, hopefully soon, opportunity to experience it during the summer months.

More on Blueberry Lake Resort web site.

Enjoy!

Mountain is accessible from downtown via few paths, stairs and by the road from the east side of Montreal, borough (arrondissement) Outremont, as well as the west side, borough Côte-des-Neiges and Ville de Westmount.

Mont Royal is one of the largest Montreal parks very popular among Montrealers and tourists as well all year around. It’s for large number of Montrealers around the corner or short distance away by car, metro or bus, perfect for morning jogging, mountain biking, walk, place to have a picnic with family and friends on those sunny summer days.

On the mountain you’ll find Beavers lake that sometimes during the winter months (weather conditions permitting) is turned into a very large ice skating rink. Another skating rink is maintained right beside the lake. If you end up there without the skates, rentals are available on-site, available sizes for all ages.

On the ski slope above the lake, soon after first major snow fall you’ll find well groomed sledding, tubing and tobogganing run that ends on the frozen Beavers lake. Also, close to 20km of cross-country skiing trails are crisscrossing the mountain.

If you end up on the mountain by car on the east side you’ll find lookout with a great view of the Olympic stadium (1976). On the north slope is located beautiful Mont Royal cemetery also accessible by car.

Video – One winter day on Mont Royal…

Mont Royal is another fun place that makes Montreal perfect place to live. Hope you are enjoying it as much we do!

World Through News collection of photographs from North America – Canada, Mexico and the United States of America.

Random choices from photo galleries North America:

Photo galleries:

Mont Tremblant in winter, Quebec, Canada.

Video clips featuring places in North America…

Verger du Flâneur orchard

Beside apple orchard and view facing south from Mount Rougemont, one of the photos from Monteregie features St. Thomas – Anglican church, elsewhere in Monteregie.

If you live in a big cosmopolitan city, like Montreal, even few hours spend on location like this will let you find an inner peace by being surrounded only with sounds of absolute silence. Map & travel notes from Rougemont… →

Photo gallery:

Verger du Flâneur orchard located at 1161 Petite Caroline in Rougemont, beside spectacular view overlooking Montérégie from picnic area found in the clearing, deeper in orchard, near the forest, has another picnic area at the very entrance in to the orchard.

Featured in the photo gallery;

• Canada day or Fête du Canada (formerly Dominion Day) celebration is held every year on the Parliament Hill on July 1st.
• Rideau Canal and locks are open to and in use by the pleasure crafts during the summer months. In winter months part of the Rideau Canal in Ottawa becomes one of the world’s largest skating rinks.
• Terrance Stanley “Terry” Fox, was a Canadian who started a cross-Canada run, “the Marathon of Hope”, to raise money for cancer research. Now, the Marathon of Hope is held every September in many countries around the World for the same reasons. Terry Fox had not succeed to run to the west coast of Canada due to the illness but greatness of his idea and memory on Terry Fox lives with us.
• The National Gallery of Canada.
• Canada remembers it’s fallen soldiers. Canada entered World War I in 1914. 68.000 Canadians died in World War I. Canada declared war on Germany in 1939. 34.000 Canadians died in World War II.

Photographs feature;

• view on the Pikes River from the B&B Domaine des Chutes near Frelighsburg,
• then cowered bridge,
• Town Hall in Sutton, yet another picturesque town,
• few farms,
• Knowlton United Church,
• and one of the oldest cemeteries in the region.

Few travel notes from Eastern Townships →

Enlarged photo #7 of a tombstone tells tragic life story of one family:

Johnston Worden 1809-1896

His wife;

Catherine M. Hawk 1817-1860

Their children;

Silvester 1844-1846
Lydia 1853-1858
George 1847-1864
Hannah 1860-1864

Back of the tombstone notes that after his wife’s death, Johnston Worden got married two more times;

Abigal Chambers 1824-1871

and

Eliza Rouse 1833-1901

Featured on photos:

#3 Columns in the Temple of a Thousand Warriors
#5 Templo de los Guerreros (Temple of the Warriors)
#7 El Castillo (“The castle” in English), (“Temple of Kukulcan”)