Roadwork unearths remnants of 1800s Montreal zoo run by the ‘Canadian Barnum’ | National News | pentictonherald.ca
Long before the Plateau-Mont-Royal became one of Montreal’s trendiest neighbourhoods, the area was home to a 19th-century botanical garden and zoo where Montrealers marvelled at the sight of hippopotamuses, acrobatic circus acts and a live whale in a tank.This piece … Continued