Patrimony and Architecture

Mount Royal Cross

Patrimony and Architecture
Public art
Religious heritage
A wood cross erected in the 17th century to save a fledgling colony is today a 26-ton steel structure lit by LED lights.
© Susan Moss
© Tourisme Montréal, Pierre-Luc Dufour
© S. Montigné
© Tamara Bachelet

Address

Mount Royal Cross
From East, via Camillien-Houde Parkway
From West, via Remembrance Road
Montréal, QC
Mont-Royal
11
Mount Royal, Outremont and Westmount
map view

Price

  • Free admission
website 514-843-8240

Erected in 1924, the cross atop Mount Royal commemorates January 6, 1643, when Maisonneuve, Montréal's founder, kept his promise to carry a wooden cross to the summit of Mount Royal if the young colony survived flooding. Today, the cross stands 30 metres (98 feet) high and when lit, can be seen from miles away.

 

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