The Mount Royal Funicular Railway , also known as the Mountain Park Funicular Railway and the Mount Royal Elevator , was a funicular railway serving Mount Royal Park in Montreal , Quebec , Canada , from 1884 to 1918.
5-567: The railway consisted of a horizontal section that brought travellers from the ticket house, located near what is now the George-Étienne Cartier Monument , to a transfer station at the base of the mountain, where riders boarded the funicular cars. Both sections were steam-driven, with cars pulled by cables. The funicular was inaugurated in 1884, a year before its official opening. Rides initially cost 5 cents for adults and 3 cents for children. It transported visitors to
10-711: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about transport in Quebec is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Canadian rail transport related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . George-%C3%89tienne Cartier Monument The Sir George-Étienne Cartier Monument is a monument by sculptor George William Hill (1862–1934), with depiction of George-Étienne Cartier , located in Mount Royal Park in Montreal , Quebec , Canada . The monument, which
15-507: Is topped by a winged Goddess of Liberty , was inaugurated on September 6, 1919 in the heart of Fletcher's Field west side. In temperate months it is the site of free weekly drum circle festivals informally called Tam-Tams . On the front, or East side of the monument, George-Étienne Cartier is portrayed standing above four other figures, each one representing a Province that signed the Canadian Confederation of 1867 . On
20-509: The North side of the monument, a woman with a young girl to her right and a young boy to her left is shown holding a sword in her left hand. The boy holds out his bonded wrists in a begging manner as the girl reads a book. This scene represents Legislation . On the South side, in a similar scene to the North side, a woman sits in the middle of a young boy who is holding a globe and a young girl who
25-528: The summit of Mount Royal, facing east. Frederick Law Olmsted , the designer of Mount Royal Park, was opposed to the funicular. His plan was for people to take a leisurely stroll up the mountain and to enjoy the views along the way instead of being whisked straight to the top by a machine. It was declared structurally unsafe and closed in 1918, and dismantled in 1920. 45°30′32″N 73°35′16″W / 45.50884°N 73.58781°W / 45.50884; -73.58781 This Montreal -related article
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