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Belmont Park, Montreal

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Closed
  
13 October 1983

Province
  
Québec

Opened
  
9 June 1923

Belmont Park, Montreal

Location
  
Cartierville, Quebec, Canada

Address
  
lachapelle Odette-Oligny, Canada

Similar
  
La Ronde, Church of La Visitation‑de‑la‑Bienheureuse‑Vierge‑Marie, La Fontaine Park, Montreal Biodome, Montreal Insectarium

Belmont Park (French: Parc Belmont) was an amusement park that operated between 1923 and 1983 in the Montreal neighborhood of Cartierville in Quebec, Canada.

Located on the banks of Riviere des Prairies, Belmont Park was best known for its wooden roller coaster, the Cyclone, but at one time or another had a Philadelphia Toboggan Company carousel, Ferris wheel, picnic grounds, dance hall, swimming pool, roller skating rink plus numerous other rides for adults and a "Kiddieland."

Belmont Park, which had opened on June 9, 1923, closed permanently on October 13, 1983. This followed a police raid that may have been motivated by city hall's displeasure at the park, a private venture, taking away business from the then city-owned La Ronde.

Media

In 1972, it was the object of a short film, À mort (To Death), by Pierre Falardeau. It also served as the setting for the 1957 National Film Board of Canada film Pierrot in Montreal, in which mime Guy Hoffman demonstrates the stock character Pierrot.

References

Belmont Park, Montreal Wikipedia