Parc Angrignon

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Parc Angrignon
Parc Angrignon
Lake in Angrignon park - panoramio.jpg
The lake in the centre of the park
Parc Angrignon
Type Urban park
Location Southwest, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Coordinates 45°26′41″N73°36′06″W / 45.4446°N 73.6018°W / 45.4446; -73.6018
Area97 hectares (240 acres)
Established1927 (1927) [1]
Operated by City of Montreal
Open6:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.
StatusOpen all year
Public transit access Montreal Metro.svg Montreal public transit icons - Metro 1.svg Angrignon
Aiga bus trans.svg Terminus Angrignon
Website Parc Angrignon

Angrignon Park is an urban park in the Southwest borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Angrignon Park has a total area of 97 hectares. It includes a 1.1km long lake. [2] It is considered by the City of Montreal as one of its large parks. [3] [4]

The park is named for Jean-Baptiste Angrignon (1875–1948), an alderman in Côte Saint-Paul from 1921 to 1934. [5] Before 1927, the area was named Crawford Park. [1]

The park was inspired by the design of 19th-century English gardens. The park contains 20,000 trees, winding paths and a pond surrounded by cattails.

The park is located just south of Ville-Émard, east of Carrefour Angrignon, which is also named after Jean-Baptiste Angrignon, and west of Verdun.

The park was once home to a small farm. [2]

Angrignon station – the western terminus of the Montreal metro Green Line – is at the northern corner of the park.

On December 7, 2020, the City of Montreal announced a plan to create a green corridor between the park and Bois-de-Saraguay Nature Park. The plans included a walking path, a bicycle link, and landscaping. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Angrignon" (in French). Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Parc Angrignon". City of Montreal. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  3. "Découvrir les grands parcs". City of Montreal (in French). Archived from the original on October 30, 2020.
  4. "Parks and Nature". City of Montreal. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  5. "Bilan du siècle : Jean-Baptiste Arthur Angrignon" (in French). Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  6. "A green corridor between the Parc-nature Bois-de-Saraguay and Parc Angrignon". City of Montreal. Archived from the original on February 28, 2021.