Gyring and Gimbling in the Wabe – Place de la Dauversière, Montréal, Québec

Place de La Dauversière is a landscaped space for rest and relaxation that opened in 1997. Located across the street from Montréal’s city hall, it is named for Jérôme Le Royer de La Dauversière (1597–1659), founder of the Société de Notre-Dame, which in turn was an instrument in the founding of Montréal. It occupies the site of the house of the merchant Jacques Lemoine Despins, built during the 1750s. Place de La Dauversière recalls the memory of Jérôme le Royer de la Dauversière, one of the founders of Montréal. The current oasis replaced a concrete and asphalt multilevel parking facility.