Mount Royal in the News

According to Jean-François Roy, Urban Planning, Environment and Heritage Advisor at Les Amis de la montagne, water management on the Mount Royal Heritage Site is no longer an option, but a necessity.

Our day camp on the mountain will be back this year. Your children are too old, you say? Not necessarily! Our new Junior Counsellor Program will enable the older kids to have fun on the mountain too, and may even point them towards their future career!

Spring break is almost upon us! Are you looking to spend some quality time with your family and get some fresh air without having to venture too far from home? Look no further…Mount Royal has everything you need!

Are you a lover of traditional music? Do you like a good story? Les Amis de la montagne has two new activities that will make two of your winter Saturdays more fun on Mount Royal. Admission is free and open to all, some come one, come all, and bring your friends or family!

Les Amis and Mount Royal made a few headlines in 2022. Here are the articles, open letters and interviews that helped promote the interests of our favourite mountain.

In 2020, the collaboration initiative undertaken with Mount Royal’s institutions and coordinated by Les Amis de la montagne led to the implementation of a joint ecological restoration project that continues to gain momentum.

Do you feel like the season will drag on and on? Are you bored to tears, sitting at home? We have just the thing! In winter, Mount Royal abounds with activities for people of all ages and levels.

On November 26th, Les Amis de la montagne announced the winners of the 2022 version of its famed annual photo contest. Find out their names and view the winning photos from this 12th edition of the contest, which celebrated the legacy of Frederick Law Olmsted!

Always wanting to measure the positive effects of differentiated grassland management, the mountain’s institutional properties have begun to look at how to assess and monitor biodiversity and have established indicators that are likely to help them ascertain the status of biodiversity on their properties. Consult our full report and its summary on this community of practice to find out more!

We have taken the opportunity provided by the Office de consultation publique de Montréal (OCPM) to make recommendations designed to ensure that Mount Royal is considered a key element in the planning of our city.