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Long before the Plateau-Mont-Royal became one of Montreal’s trendiest neighbourhoods, the area was home to a 19th-century botanical garden and zoo where Montrealers marvelled at the sight of hippopotamuses, acrobatic circus acts and a live whale in a tank. This piece of history has resurfaced in recent weeks thanks to an archeological dig that unearthed […]
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Roadwork Unearths Remnants of 1800s Montreal Zoo Run by the ‘Canadian Barnum’
October 10th, 2022 
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Scottish Roadwork Treasure Trove Now Revealed!
April 1st, 2021 Awake Goy A treasure trove of artifacts was unearthed in Scotland during the building of the A75 Dunragit bypass, a new road in Wigtownshire, Scotland, back in 2014. According to The Scotsman , the discovery included a Mesolithic hunting camp dating back to 7,000 BC, an Iron Age village, and numerous relics spanning thousands of years. Now […]
