(Written in 1993)
(See Copyright Notice on Menu Page)NDG, Montreal West, and Cote St. Luc are effectively cut-off from points north and west. The ONLY car exit to the north is Decarie Boulevard. There is no way around this. I approached once by bicycle and tried every single nook and cranny, and there was not even room to pass a bicycle through the wall made by the CP main line tracks and the CP/CN freight yards. There IS, however, a way for bikes to avoid the Decarie/Hwy 40 interchange and the busy streets of Decarie and Laurentian Boulevards.
Starting from Grand Boulevard in NDG, take this north to Cote St. Luc road. Crossing CSL road it enters Hampstead and becomes Glenmore. Take the second right, one block over, to Albion. Follow Albion two blocks to its end, and there is a pedestrian walkway connecting through to Fleet Road. (Or use some other path to get to Fleet Road.)
Follow Fleet Road east to Clanranald. Left on Clanranald down to Vezina (At Decarie Square/Decor Decarie). Go over to Decarie Boulevard. Take the west sidewalk down under the railway underpass. (This is the ONLY exit. All alternate paths must end up here.)
Coming up on the other side, take the first right into the Blue Bonnets parking area. Follow the road around behind the stadium to a small exit right, over the railway tracks, onto Devonshire Rd. (Alternatively, follow the Decarie sidewalk, at peril from police and in the face of oncoming traffic, to the Orange Julep at Pare Street. Turn right there and go to Devonshire Rd.)
Follow Devonshire Rd. north through the TMR industrial park. It ends at the Kraft Foods plant, turning east under the elevated Hwy 40. Look very closely!! You will find an opening in the fence by the railroad. It is a pedestrian crossing, linking the TMR and Ville St. Laurent.