Ten municipalities in the northern crown of Montreal announced on Monday that they wanted to create a conservation park along the Rivière des Mille Îles by 2024. A consultation table will be responsible for setting the limits of this metropolitan park. The project under study covers an area of 42 kilometers.
The City of Laval and nine municipalities of the northern crown have agreed to take “all the necessary steps to obtain official status for the 42 km of natural environments bordering the Rivière des Mille Îles by 2024”. This zone extends from Deux-Montagnes to Mascouche.
The future park will notably include the Rivière des Mille Îles wildlife sanctuary, the expansion of which is under study. The initiative will also allow the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal (CMM) to move closer to its objective of protecting 30% of its territory by 2030.
The project, which has received support from the Government of Quebec, is supported by the cities of Laval, Rosemère, Deux-Montagnes, Boisbriand, Mascouche, Terrebonne, Sainte-Thérèse, Saint-Eustache, Lorraine and Bois-des-Filion.
More details to come.