A visit to the St-Michel Environmental Complex will take you to some very strange landscapes indeed. A bike and pedestrian path (a cross-country ski trail in winter) leads around a former quarry. There you'll discover the cliffs carved into the stone by decades of excavation, and the landfill site that replaced the quarry operation. By 2020, this huge area will have become a vast urban park linking the beauties of nature, art, science and sport - a transformation visitors will be able to see happening at first-hand.
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Inside La TOHU's main Pavilion, citizens can explore the Environmental Complex by joining an environmental "safari". With their Host and Guide, visitors discover environmental innovations like the sorting centre, which handles all of Montreal's recyclables, a micro-power station that converts the biogas produced by transforming landfill gas into electricity, and a composting and shredding facility.
The St-Michel Environmental Complex has 5 kilometres of trails covering 48 hectares for us to enjoy today - and in 2020 that will be 192 hectares!
Official web site:
To see:
- La TOHU ("Green Building" construction that won Canada Gold LEED certification Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)
- Sight on the old Miron quarry and the Mont Royal
- Sorting center for recyclable materials
- Saint-Michel Éco-Centre
- Center for waste expertise technology showcase
- Grassland
- Emerging landscape
Summer activities:
- Walking (5 km)
- Biking (5 km)
- Multimedia
- Shows and exhibitions
- Guided tours
Winter activites:
- Walking (5 km)
- Cross-country ski trails (5 km)
- Snowshoes trail (5 km)
- Multimedia
- Shows and exhibitions
- Guided tours
Information:
TOHU
514 376-TOHU(8648), poste 4000
1 888 376-TOHU(8648)
visite@tohu.ca
Saint-Michel Environmental Complex