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Created in 2000 by Jean-François Gavoty and Guerric Péré in recognition of 20 years of cooperation between Lyon and Montreal.

There is also a mont Ernest Laforce. Although trying to discover who he was is not an easy task on the internet. According to teh Commission de toponymie he was “a journalist, lecturer, parliamentary correspondent and agent of the federal government” among other things, and the Saint Jean Baptiste society thought he was important enough to be commemorated with a place in 1995.

Sculpture on sticks is always fun and exciting. The city’s file on the garden is here