Montreal Biodome

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The Montreal Biodome ([45°33′35″N, 73°32′59″W]) is a facility located in Montreal that allows visitors to walk through replicas of four ecosystems found in the Americas:

• The Tropical Forest - is a replica of the South American rainforest.
• The Laurentian Forest - is a replica of the North American wilderness.
• The Saint Lawrence Marine Eco-system - is an estuary habitat modeled on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
• A polar area that is divided into Arctic and Antarctic.

All the exhibits are housed inside the Velodrome (cycling stadium) that was used for the 1976 Summer Olympics, with each of the four environments taking up a portion of the stadium. A variety of animals live in each simulated habitat, ranging from the macaws in the Tropical Forest, to the lynx in the Laurentian Forest, to the penguins in the Antarctic and the different kinds of fish that inhabit the waters of the Saint Lawrence River.

This is one of the city's most popular tourist attractions, along with the Montreal Botanical Garden, Montreal Planetarium and the Montreal Insectarium.

The Biodome should not be confused with the Biosphère, a Montreal museum about the St. Lawrence river located inside the geodesic dome that once housed the American pavilion for Expo 67. The Biodome is neither spherical nor a geodesic dome.

Image:Biodome1.jpg|The Biodome, in front of the Olympic Stadium Image:Biodome Montreal.jpg|View from the tower of the Olympic Stadium

See also

• Bio-Dome, the film
• Biosphere 2, the attempt to create a self-contained ecological system
• Biosphère, the Montreal museum
• on French Wikipedia

External links

• [Biodome Website (English version)]
• [The Biodome's Penguin-Cam]

Montreal landmarks
Buildings	Biodome | Biosphère | Centre Bell | Canadian Centre for Architecture | Montreal Casino | Complexe Desjardins | Montreal Forum | Grande Bibliothèque du Québec | Habitat '67 | Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral | McCord Museum | Montreal Science Centre | Notre-Dame de Montréal Basilica | Olympic Stadium | Palais des congrès de Montréal | Place des Arts | Place Ville-Marie | Redpath Museum | Saint Joseph's Oratory | Tour de la Bourse | Underground City | World Trade Centre Montreal
Neighbourhoods	Chinatown | Old Montreal | Old Port | Quartier international de Montréal
Nature and Parks	Jardin botanique de Montréal | Mount Royal
Islands	Île Bizard | Island of Montreal | Île Notre-Dame | Nuns' Island | Saint Helen's Island
Transportation	Montréal-Mirabel International Airport | Montreal Metro | Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport | Windsor Station | Central Station

 

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