Ruisseau-De Montigny Nature Park

Ruisseau-De Montigny Nature Park is a large park in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located on the banks of the Rivière des Prairies. Most of the park is located in the western sector of the borough Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles, with a small portion located in the eastern sector of the borough of Anjou.Ruisseau-De Montigny Nature Park is a linear park, and is located between Perras Boulevard and Henri-Bourassa Boulevard, west of the Louis-Hippolyte-Lafontaine Boulevard. The park borrows its name from a stream flowing through it from south to north, emptying into the Rivière des Prairies. This stream, which flows directly over limestone rock, has a waterfall with a drop of.It includes of trails, and four small islands.A count of the wildlife in the park indicated the presence of 62 species of birds and a dozen different species of mammals.HistoryBefore its opening of the park, a major cleanup was required to clean the stream and the surrounding woodland, which were previously used to deposit waste for several years. Ruisseau-De Montigny Nature Park opened in 2005 and originally had an area of, which by 2011 grew to an area of.