Jarry Park
45°32′6.09″N 73°37′41.99″W / 45.5350250°N 73.6283306°W
Jarry Park (French: Parc Jarry) is an urban park in the Villeray neighbourhood of Montreal. From 1969 to 1976, the former Jarry Park Stadium (located in the southwest corner of the park, now Uniprix Stadium) was the home of the Montreal Expos, Canada's first Major League Baseball team. It also hosted a mass by Pope John Paul II. There is now a hall dedicated to him in District Police Station 31 (Villeray).
Facilities include softball, cricket and soccer fields, a skate park, tennis and basketball courts, a public pool and an artificial lake. In addition, there is a monument called "Paix des enfants" ("Children's Peace"), consisting of violent toys fused together.
The park is bordered by Faillon Street to the south, Jarry Street to the north, Saint Laurent Boulevard to the east, and the Canadian Pacific rail tracks to the west.
The park was named in honour of Raoul Jarry (1885-1930), a member of Montreal's City Council.
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