Yet another thing Southerners would love about the city, I think.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
History on the Mount
Montreal gets its name, I'm told, from the mountain that's on the island. (Oh. Montreal is an island, in case you didn't know.) It is called a mountain — thus the Mont part of Montreal. If you call it a hill — and you will want to — you will be verbally assaulted by the natives. On top of the hill is a giant neon cross. It has the ability to change colors, but doesn't because, Cheri tells me, the government is afraid people will start calling it the disco cross.
Yet another thing Southerners would love about the city, I think.
Yet another thing Southerners would love about the city, I think.
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After I was told to call it a mountain by one of the wild-eyed aforementioned natives, I began noticing another idiosyncrasy of their relation to the "mountain": when they talk about driving on it, they always refer to it as a "hill." Maybe any part of it is a hill, while the whole thing is a mountain...?
But whatever, at 764ft, it's pretty far from the 2000ft required to constitute a mountain in the UK!
I didnt know that Montreal was an island. Royal Mountain?
The main road up the mountain is called Mount Royal...so yes???
I didn't Montreal was an island either until I looked at a guide book before I went. Who thinks of Canada and thinks, "Oooh, islands"?
Well written article.
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