Archive for March, 2010

Supporters of saving Meadowbrook meet in Mtl West

15/03/2010 by Adriana

Montrealers are passionate about their green spaces! On Wednesday, March 10, some 150 enthusiastic residents of Montreal West assembled to show their support for the preservation of Meadowbrook. The fight that started 20 years ago is still going strong today thanks in part to the relentless work of local residents and volunteers – but we need to mobilize now more than ever.

To share your time, interest and financial support, send your request to sos.meadowbrook@yahoo.ca.

Our thanks to Patrick Barnard and Patrick Asch for their dynamic presentations. Watch the Pimento Report #19 for more coverage from that meeting.

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Little St-Pierre River

14/03/2010 by Adriana


This is the last above-ground remnant of the Little St. Pierre River, which once flowed some 15 kilometres downstream to Pointe à Callière and the open waters of the St. Lawrence. The course of the Little St-Pierre has been altered and built over numerous times since Samuel de Champlain first spotted its waves in 1611, but even as late as the 1950s, visitors to Meadowbrook could still navigate this segment of the river with watercraft.

What does the future hold for the Little St-Pierre River?

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Photo by Jo Ann Goldwater.

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Imagine Meadowbrook by Avrom Shtern

10/03/2010 by Adriana

Imagine sparkling vernal ponds,
shimmering autumnal pools, serpentine streams,
freshwater marsh.
Imagine trill of toad, call of Woodpecker,
howl of red fox.
Imagine woodland flowers and wispy ferns.
Imagine trees like
shagbark hickory, hackberry, cork elm,
black cherry, black willow, bitternut hickory and green ash.
Imagine meadows, hillocks.
Imagine cross-country skiing, snowshoeing,
tobogganing, walking, jogging, biking,
talks about nature.
Imagine breathing in tranquility minutes from the urban core.
Imagine Meadowbrook!

Photo of Sensitive Fern by Dave Fletcher.

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