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Isabel Brinck @isabelofmtl.bsky.social · 3h

This is from a hike earlier this fall, in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. Mont Ham. You can't tell from my video but the colours were beautiful along the route, especially through Orford and Bromont.

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Isabel Brinck @isabelofmtl.bsky.social · 23h

Did you mean the university of Québec at Montreal? UQAM?

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Isabel Brinck @isabelofmtl.bsky.social · 23h

The view from the top of Mont Loup Garou (werewolf mountain, in French) in the Laurentians, this weekend. Yes, it's past peak colours. It's a nice 2-2.5 hour hike through woods and there's a cabin at the top if you want to stop for lunch. #hiking #Québec

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Isabel Brinck @isabelofmtl.bsky.social · 23h

Thanks for the info!

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Isabel Brinck @isabelofmtl.bsky.social · 1d

Squirrel. The cute kind.

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Isabel Brinck @isabelofmtl.bsky.social · 1d

It's past peak colours up in the Laurentians. Still beautiful and splendid for a hike and a spa day. This was at Mont Loup Garou (means werewolf in French).

Lake Matley, near Saint Adele, Quebec, on a late fall day.

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Isabel Brinck @isabelofmtl.bsky.social · 2d

Good point that it wasn't strictly Canada per se. I was thinking that they ought to have had a stronger position against slavery.

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Isabel Brinck @isabelofmtl.bsky.social · 2d

Bananas to think that Canada remained neutral during the American civil war!

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Isabel Brinck @isabelofmtl.bsky.social · 5d

I thought we were done with this now. So last winter!

Isabel Brinck @isabelofmtl.bsky.social · 7d

Totally. My mother is from Chile and she is always in awe of how easy it is to find parking in Montreal.

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Isabel Brinck @isabelofmtl.bsky.social · 9d

Yesterday was a beautiful day for a bike ride along the Chambly canal.

A lock along the Chambly canal. Do not turn the handle like this naughty boy. It will actually open and close the doors, and make the Parks Canada employee come out of her cute hut.

Entrance to the location of the old fort Ste -Thérèse, first built in 1665.

Isabel Brinck @isabelofmtl.bsky.social · 9d

A brutal war

Isabel Brinck @isabelofmtl.bsky.social · 12d

Immediately identify the tourist who tells you how much they love the "old town" in MON-tree-al. Nevermind pronouncing in French: English locals call it Old Mun-tree-al. Si non, c'est le vieux Moh-reh-al

Isabel Brinck @isabelofmtl.bsky.social · 12d

I was laughed at, literally, by border agents on my way into Scotland when I mispronounced Edinburgh.🫣

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Isabel Brinck @isabelofmtl.bsky.social · 15d

Just walked by it tonight!

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Isabel Brinck @isabelofmtl.bsky.social · 16d

Not Soraya, please! You don't have to vote for Craig, but please don't help usher in an era of torn-up bike paths and Airbnb's run amok.

Isabel Brinck @isabelofmtl.bsky.social · 16d

It was a beautiful day for a bike ride on the P'tit train du nord. Traffic was yucky, though. Why can't we have good public transit to the Laurentians on weekends?

Somewhere between Ste-Adèle and Val-Morin, a bike path covered in leaves from yellowing trees around it.

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Isabel Brinck @isabelofmtl.bsky.social · 18d

Stop making stuff up, that's like wearing a Bruins jersey in Montreal.

Isabel Brinck @isabelofmtl.bsky.social · 18d

To be fair, I had a typo. The correct name in French is les Habitants Canadiens, esses all the way.
I don't know the back story to this singular names thing is, but I'm happy to be swept up in the tsunami. 🌊

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Isabel Brinck @isabelofmtl.bsky.social · 18d

Montreal Canadien. The name is French. Le habitants Canadiens=the Habs

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Isabel Brinck @isabelofmtl.bsky.social · 19d

Beautifully moving account of Dr. Balfour Mount's life and legacy. I worked at his McGill Palliative Care Conference and even that was truly inspiring. Legend.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Balfour Mount, who revolutionized end-of-life care, died at palliative unit named in his honour | CBC News

Mount devoted his life to caring for others and alleviating suffering. In interviews, his family and colleagues remembered him as both deeply compassionate and as a fierce advocate for the humanity of...

www.cbc.ca

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Isabel Brinck @isabelofmtl.bsky.social · 20d

I crossed paths with Leonard Cohen once, on St. Laurent Blvd, early 2000s. He was all in white and, I swear, he was glowing. Our local saint. I've only ever seen one other person (in person) who looked like they had a literal aura around them and it was David Bowie. #livesofthesaints

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Isabel Brinck @isabelofmtl.bsky.social · 20d

Oh yeah! I did this on Sunday. My plan was to take the kids to Mont St Hilaire but I was too late and all the tickets were sold (darn environmentalists, protecting the darn environment from too many visitors, argh) so I pivoted: a walk up to the Outremont summit of Mount Royal, through the cemetery

Leonard Cohen's grave, in the Mount Royal cemetery in Montreal.

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Isabel Brinck @isabelofmtl.bsky.social · 20d

That's crazy!

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Isabel Brinck @isabelofmtl.bsky.social · 21d

Oh! Oops, sorry. I hadn't even heard of red-bellied woodpeckers before!

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