The Parent · Sophie · Montréal
Mount Royal Park (Beaver Lake / Lac aux Castors)
Skip the steep stair climb with kids — drive or bus to the Beaver Lake side, where it's gentle. There's a shallow lake for model boats, a huge lawn for running and summer picnics, a pavilion with food and bathrooms, and in winter, tubing and skating. The adult still gets Olmsted's landscape and a skyline lookout nearby.
The gentle Beaver Lake side of the mountain — a shallow pond, big sloping lawn, a pavilion café, and winter tubing and skating. Strollable from the parking.
— Sophie, The Parent
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