Montreal Biodome
The
Montreal Biodome () is a facility located in
Montreal that allows visitors to walk through replicas of four ecosystems found in the Americas:
* The
Tropical Forest - is a replica of the
South American rainforest.
* The
Laurentian Forest - is a replica of the
North American wilderness.
* The
Saint Lawrence Marine Eco-system - is an
estuary habitat modeled on the
Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
* A polar area that is divided into
Arctic and
Antarctic.
All the exhibits are housed inside the Velodrome (cycling stadium) that was used for the Cycling and Judo events of the
1976 Summer Olympics, with each of the four environments taking up a portion of the stadium. A variety of animals live in each simulated habitat, ranging from the
macaws in the Tropical Forest, to the
lynx in the Laurentian Forest, to the
penguins in the Antarctic and the different kinds of
fish that inhabit the waters of the Saint Lawrence River.
This is one of the city's most popular tourist attractions, along with the
Montreal Botanical Garden,
Montreal Planetarium and the
Montreal Insectarium.The Biodome should not be confused with the
Biosphère, a Montreal museum about the St. Lawrence river located inside the
geodesic dome that once housed the American pavilion for
Expo 67. The Biodome is neither spherical nor a geodesic dome.
Image:Biodome1.jpg|The Biodome, in front of the Olympic StadiumImage:Biodome Montreal.jpg|View from the tower of the Olympic Stadium*
Bio-Dome, the film
*
Biosphere 2, the attempt to create a
self-contained ecological system*
Biodome Website (English version)*
The Biodome's Penguin-Cam
