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.

If you are asking yourself how far you may be from Montreal then know that Quebec is 250km away (travel notes), Mont-Tremblant is 140km away (travel notes), distance to Ottawa is 190km, Toronto is 540km, Niagara Falls (Ontario) 680km (all approximate numbers).

Neighborhood

In the neighborhood, on the US side of the border, are Vermont, Main and the New York State (Plattsburgh photos). US border is only around 43mi. (70km) drive to or from Montreal. Distance from some of the American cities to Montreal; Boston is 310mi. (500km) away, New York city – 330mi. (530km), Chicago – 869mi. (1400 km) and Miami (Florida) is 1677mi. (2700km) away (all approximate numbers).

French

Montreal is the largest French-speaking city in North America (discover), although large number of it’s citizens are bilingual so you should not encounter major obstacles by asking for direction, ordering food, shopping or having fun. Montréal (French) today represents a mosaic of cultures from all continents, blended into one open-minded society.

History

Explorer Jacques Cartier, while searching for passage to India, ended up in St. Lawrence river and landed on the island today know as Montreal. The year was 1535 and he recorded that at the time on the island lived Iroquoian people in the village of Hochelaga. Century had past by before first French settlement took its shape. Montreal (photos) changed hands throughout the centuries while expanding and welcoming new settlers and most recently immigrants, growing in to a great cosmopolitan city famous for its museums, cafés, gourmet restaurants and numerous festivals.

Narrow streets of Old Montreal will bring you as close is possible without leaving North America, besides Quebec city (photos), to ambiance that is usually found in European cities (discover). Stylish boutiques and restaurants as well as art galleries are enriching already prestigious windows of stone build houses.

Fun

Montreal hosted 1976 Summer Olympic Games and it is host to next events: the Tennis Masters, the International Jazz (photos), Film, Comedy and Fireworks Festivals, as well to the Formula One race – Ile St. Helene and Ile Notre Dame (photos).

Video clip and frequently updated large collection of photographs in our photo galleries should tell you more then words about Montreal – see preview bellow;

Intro to our ultimate photo guide to Montreal

More in photo gallery Montreal…

Photo guide – Where to go, what to see, what to do?

Facing Old Port Montreal are two islands in St. Lawrence river, Ile St. Helene and Ile Notre Dame…

Saint Joseph’s Oratory is a pilgrimage site for numerous believers from around the world…

Borough Lachine featuring René-Lévesque Park, on the Lac Saint Luis…

It has been known for centuries as a mountain but Mont Royal is actually a hill in the very center of Montreal. Featured photo gallery; Mont Royal…

Indoor/Outdoor fun for kids in and around Montreal!

Intrducing;

• 364 days/year: Eco Museum ZOO
• September: Apple picking in Rougemont
• October: Pumpkin picking on Notre-Dame de l’Ile-Perrot
• Continually updated…

Photographs are shoot on few continents or regions; North America, Europe and the Caribbean Islands. Photo galleries include travel destinations, well known historic and entertaining locations, less traveled roads, and all of them are accompanied with few sentences describing location and/or photo.

Athens, guards at the Monument to the unknown soldier

Photo galleries:

• Caribbean Islands
• Europe
• North America

• Flora and Fauna

Few hundred photographs in our photo albums will bring you closer to people and places from North America, Europe and the Caribbean Islands.

Random from photo galleries featuring world out there:

In travel notes you’ll find basic info on destination accompanied with photos and/or videos from our “Street Sounds Video Collection” – short video clips featuring a trip.

Elsewhere you may come across new or familiar food recipe, maybe new drink or its preparation recipe, find a movie we liked, or anything else we feel like sharing… Welcome!

All of the featured travel notes

Memorable places – one way or another, near or far, in travel notes below as discovered and experienced by me and my cameras. Hope you’ll enjoy them as much I did! Bon Voyage!

Rougemont in Montérégie region, Quebec

Apples

Orchards are on or around of a few hundred meters tall Mont Rougemont who is part of the Monteregian Hills. Read more →

Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada

Montreal

Narrow streets of Old Montreal will bring you as close is possible to an ambiance that is usually found in European cities. Read more →

Prince Edward County, Ontario

Sandbanks in PEC

It takes just about 2h drive from Toronto or around 4h from Montreal to enjoy the sand and the beaches. But, there is much more to the Prince Edward County then beaches. Read more →

Food & Drinks

It may take minutes to prepare a simple dish or a drink that you’ll enjoy with your family and/or friends. Why don’t you try? →

Entertainment

Movies, movies and more movies… What we like ends up here →

Around the World

Featuring holidays, few words about traditions, dates of importance around the world, and possibly more →

Photo preview of some featured videos:

Presenting our new videos in a near future:

• February 2012: Diocletian palace in Split, Croatia (Europe)

Our Videos:

• Caribbean Islands on video
• Europe on video
• North America on video

Watch, rate and comment our videos on Youtube…

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• 5min The best how to, instructional and DIY videos
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• Blinkx Video Search Engine

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Photo preview of some places featured on video:

In some cases videos are accompanied with the photo gallery or two from the same location, some with travel notes and maybe a food recipe.

Videos featuring places in North America:

Lake on the Mountain Resort, Prince Edward County

• Canada: QC: MTL Botanical Garden
• Canada: QC: Blueberry Lake Resort
• Canada: QC: Apple pick, Rougemont
• Canada: QC: Mont Royal, Win.2010
• Canada: ON: Prince Edward County
• Canada: QC: Montreal
• Canada: QC: Eastern Townships
• Canada: QC: Mt. Tremblant in winter
• Canada: QC: Mt. Tremblant
• Canada: QC: Mt. Tremblant (v2.0)
• Canada: ON: Niagara Falls
• Canada: QC: Quebec city

Photo gallery featuring countries of North America…

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…

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”)