Angrignon Park Explained

Angrignon Park
Native Name:Parc Angrignon
Native Name Lang:French
Type:Urban park
Location:Southwest, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Coords:45.4446°N -73.6018°W
Established:[1]
Operator:City of Montreal
Open:6:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.
Status:Open all year
Publictransit: Angrignon
Terminus Angrignon

Angrignon Park is an urban park in the Southwest borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Angrignon Park has a total area of 97 hectares. It includes a 1.1km long lake.[2] It is considered by the City of Montreal as one of its large parks.[3] [4]

The park is named for Jean-Baptiste Angrignon (1875–1948), an alderman in Côte Saint-Paul from 1921 to 1934.[5] Before 1927, the area was named Crawford Park.

The park was inspired by the design of 19th-century English gardens. The park contains 20,000 trees, winding paths and a pond surrounded by cattails.

The park is located just south of Ville-Émard, east of Carrefour Angrignon, which is also named after Jean-Baptiste Angrignon, and west of Verdun.

The park was once home to a small farm.

Angrignon station – the western terminus of the Montreal metro Green Line – is at the northern corner of the park.

On December 7, 2020, the City of Montreal announced a plan to create a green corridor between the park and Bois-de-Saraguay Nature Park. The plans included a walking path, a bicycle link, and landscaping.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: fr. Angrignon. November 15, 2020.
  2. Web site: Parc Angrignon . City of Montreal . November 15, 2020.
  3. Web site: Découvrir les grands parcs. fr. City of Montreal . October 30, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201030001412/http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=7377,143290313&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL.
  4. Web site: Parks and Nature. City of Montreal. September 28, 2021.
  5. Web site: fr. Bilan du siècle : Jean-Baptiste Arthur Angrignon. November 15, 2020.
  6. Web site: A green corridor between the Parc-nature Bois-de-Saraguay and Parc Angrignon . City of Montreal. https://web.archive.org/web/20210228224344/https://montreal.ca/en/news/green-corridor-between-parc-nature-bois-de-saraguay-and-parc-angrignon-8908. February 28, 2021 .