MONTREAL – After closing in 1983, Belmont Park will get, in a way, a second lease on life as a part of Montreal’s 375th anniversary celebrations in 2017.
The borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville is planning a “revival” of the iconic park, harking back to the days when it first opened in 1923.
WATCH ABOVE: A Youtube video of what Belmont Park used to look like in 1906.
“There will be two segments to the project,” said Nathalie Fortin, CEO (CLIC) de Bordeaux-Cartierville.
“A weekend in July will feature a revival of the park before all the rollercoasters,” said Fortin.
Montrealers will be able to paddle canoes along the Rivière des Prairies, have a picnic lunch, enjoy actors and people in costumes who will recreate what life was like at the beginning of the 20th century.
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As for the second segment, Ahuntsic-Cartierville residents will enjoy a “mobile Belmont park.”
“Symbols of the park will be put in a little truck that will travel around the neighbourhood,” said Fortin.
Those symbols will include the iconic “laughing lady” and distortion mirrors.
WATCH ABOVE: Belmont Park’s iconic “laughing lady”
At the end of the summer, children will be able to go to a summer camp where they will make costumes and puppets to perform in during a big parade at Belmont Park.
The ultimate goal of these activities said Fortin, is to build bridges between communities.
“We think that such an attraction is win-win, a good gain for everybody.”
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