My first introduction to the art of fencing was through my sister Joanna, who at 44, began taking fencing lessons at the Escrime Mont-Royal fencing club. Other than the Olympics, my knowledge of ...

The club was founded by eight men in 1873, two years after Montreal made Mount Royal into a park and golfers started playing on its grounds. The club added the "Royal" honorific in 1884 with the ...

Towering over central Montréal, Parc du Mont-Royal (Mount Royal Park ... Full-Day small-group Montreal tour with Pickup and a Local Taste (477 reviews) ...

The Plateau Mont-Royal may no longer be Montreal’s “hippest” neighbourhood. That title has passed on to the Mile End. But no neighbourhood typifies Montreal as much as “Le Plateau ...

Mont Royal cross in Montreal city at dusk.Credit: Alamy Of course, not everyone is up to the cardiovascular challenge required to visit the park. Take one of Montreal's most famous inhabitants ...