Montreal and its gargoyles

La Presse sent photographer Alain Roberge out to collect some of the gargoyles of Montreal.

Technically, these guys are not gargoyles, which are water spouts, but grotesques. The second to last looks like it might have been designed to be a water spout but I don’t see any sign it functions as one. However. Nice pics.

My favourite grotesques are on a building on St-Jacques just east of Place d’Armes. I photographed one of them a long time ago on film: