History of Jarry Park
Le Devoir’s Jeanne Corriveau gives us the history of Jarry Park; although she mentions that it was named for Raoul Jarry, a councillor in the area in the 1920s, she doesn’t add the odd fact that the adjoining street is named for a different, unrelated Jarry, landowner Stanislas Blégnier dit Jarry.
I also missed last week a history of Mount Royal park, done by another of their writers.
ProposMontreal-Martin 08:26 on 2020-08-30 Permalink
Weird choice of header picture. Why the pope when the area is clearly known historically for so many other things than that one single event.
Kate 20:28 on 2020-08-30 Permalink
It was a pretty big deal at the time. 350,000 people crowded into the park – it must have been a real mess afterwards.