Marche Bonsecours

Canada-Quebec & Montreal-09/22-9/29/2019

Montreal, Canada

We just left the Chapel of Notre Dame de Bon-Secours and we are now walking toward the Marché (market) Bonsecours (building with the white dome).

The Marché Bonsecours was inaugurated in 1847 and is acknowledged as one of Canada's ten finest heritage buildings.

The Marché Bonsecours looks more like a place for governing than for shopping. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise to learn that’s exactly what it was built for. Bonsecours served for one year as the seat of Canada’s legislature, and later as Montreal’s city hall. But after 1878, it became a farmer’s market and remained so for nearly a century, until being marked for demolition in the 1960s.

The Bonsecours Market was saved from descruction and in 1984, it was declared a national heritage site. Today, it’s found new life as an upscale shopping hall.

The inside is fairly small with only 15 boutiques featuring top quality made in Quebec creations such as crafts, fashions, accessories, jewellery, etc...

They produce their own maple syrup and they have lots of products with Maple syrup. I did not buy anything as it is too difficult to carry home since we are not checking in our luggage.

Really cute alley and in the background is the Auberge Beausecours located in the old Montreal and not to far from the Marché.

The Chateau de Ramezay is a museum and historic building in the old Montreal, opposite City Hall.

This is City Hall on the opposite side of the Chateau. It is under renovation at this time.

The landscape garden originated in England in the 18th century in reaction to the strict French garden. This new style is based primarily on an English love of nature.

The methods for combating insects, weeds and mushrooms are ecologically sound and respect to the environment. No pesticides are used: no insecticides, no herbicides, no fungicides.