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Hockey
and baseball draw many fans, and people enjoy golf courses, bridle paths,
and other sports facilities. In winter skiing and tobogganing attract many
to the slopes of Mount Royal. The summer Olympic Games of 1976 were held
in Montreal for which a sports stadium and swimming pool complex were
built. The city's renowned ice-hockey team, the Canadians, was founded in
1909, and in 1969 the Montreal Expos became the first major-league
baseball team in a Canadian city
McCord National Museum : The McCord Museum conserves and presents over 950,000 objects, images and manuscripts, all irreplaceable reflections of the social history and material culture of Montreal, Quebec and Canada .Canadian arts and crafts, fine china and rustic pottery, beautifully fashioned jewellery, posters, exhibition catalogues, greetings cards featuring early photographs. Most of the objects cover the period from 1800 to 1945, an era that saw many changes, including Victorian Montreal’s accession to the role of Canada’s metropolis, the development of an urban culture and the transformation of family and social values. But the collection also spreads beyond these years, enabling the Museum to provide insight into all the important stages in Canada’s history. Glass negatives, hoop crinolines, pieces of fine china, hand-forged tools, beaded headdresses, historical letters and documents – represent the lives and dreams of the men, women and children that came before us. |
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Montreal
is a cosmopolitan city in which about two thirds of the people speak
French. The culture and atmosphere of the Canadian city have also remained
predominantly French. Montreal is the second largest metropolitan area in
Canada and one of the world's largest inland seaports. The commercial hub
of Canada, it is a leading financial and manufacturing center. It is also
one of Canada's oldest cities. About two thirds of Montreal's inhabitants
are of French descent. They ordinarily speak French, though most can also
speak English. People of British descent (English, Scottish, Irish, and
Welsh) constitute about one fifth of the population. Many of them can
speak both English and French. The rest of the population are of Italian,
Scandinavian, Polish, Greek, Ukrainian, German, Chinese, or West Indian
ancestry. Montreal has the country's largest Jewish population and a
Chinese community of more than 20,000. 
The
city's Old World charm attracts tourists throughout the year. Montreal has
fine restaurants, hotels, department stores and shops, amusement parks,
concert halls, museums, and art galleries. It specializes in bookshops in
many languages and wide-ranging, frequent lectures. The Place Des Arts
is a three-building complex that includes Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, a
theater, and a recital hall. A conservatory of music and the Museum of
Fine Arts combine with the universities to train young artists. 
The
Montreal Tower was one of the principal undertakings of the Olympic
Park project. Its success is due to the genius and know-how of Quebecers
who completed the audacious concept by French architect, Roger Taillibert.
