Where to go in La Prairie: Musée d'archéologie de Roussillon and more
Of the 10 places to visit in and around La Prairie, 7 are museums or galleries. 2 places to visit are mapped inside La Prairie’s municipal boundary, with 8 more within 5 km of its edge. About 47K people a year visit Canadian Railway Museum. Go 13 km out for Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
La Prairie’s big names
MuseumCanadian Railway Museum4.6 km outside town, to the southwest · 47K visitors a year
PierChamplain Bridge estacade3.8 km outside town, to the northwestEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
On the map
Out of town, most of the 8 are to the southwest.
The dashed line is La Prairie’s municipal boundary; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
Kinds of place
Green: inside La Prairie. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All of them, one by one
4Champlain Bridge estacade
The 2 inside La Prairie come first, best known first; then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Provincial and city parks are on the Outdoors page instead.
Historic places in La Prairie → · Parks, footpaths and green space in La Prairie →
Further out, the best known
Big drawMuseumMontreal Museum of Fine Arts13 km northwest · 1M visitors a year
Big drawMuseumSaint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal14 km west · 2M visitors a year
CathedralMarie-Reine-du-Monde Cathedral12 km northwestMuseumBig drawMuseumMontreal Science Centre12 km northwest · 764K visitors a year
MuseumMaison Saint-Gabriel9.6 km northwest · 74K visitors a year
MuseumMusée d'art contemporain de Montréal13 km northwest · 54K visitors a year
Big drawMuseumPointe-à-Callière Museum12 km northwest · 527K visitors a year
MuseumMcCord Stewart Museum13 km northwest · 79K visitors a year
MuseumMontréal Insectarium18 km northwest · 350K visitors a year (2011)
MuseumCanadian Centre for Architecture12 km northwest · 68K visitors a year (2011)
GardenMontréal Botanical Garden18 km northwest
MuseumMusée Grévin Montreal13 km northwest · 300K visitors a yearPlaces well known beyond La Prairie (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a Parks Canada or Sépaq property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Planning a visit to La Prairie
What are the main attractions in La Prairie?
Inside La Prairie’s municipal boundary, the one place on our list is Société d'histoire de La Prairie-de-la-Magdeleine (SHLM).
Does La Prairie have a museum?
The museums and galleries on the list within 5 km of La Prairie include Gare de la Montée des Bouleaux, Train miniature and Barrington Station.
Is there a Parks Canada or Sépaq property near La Prairie?
Our list has none in La Prairie or within 5 km of it.
What are the best-known days out near La Prairie?
For a day out within 40 km: Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal (14 km), Marie-Reine-du-Monde Cathedral (12 km), Montreal Science Centre (12 km), Maison Saint-Gabriel (9.6 km).
How is this list made?
The list joins OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers, one entry per site: museums, galleries, historic sites, forts, lighthouses, gardens, parks, waterfalls, ski hills, zoos and theme parks. Forts, houses and churches need something that shows they welcome visitors, and hotels, restaurants and tours are never included. What lies inside the town’s 2021 outline, or within 5 km of it, is listed.
Places to visit: Canada publishes no open tourism list, so this one is assembled from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF museums and galleries (2020, Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers and CPCAD’s national parks, and it reflects what mappers and editors have recorded. Forts, houses, lighthouses and churches count only with a sign that visitors are welcome. Places sit in each town’s 2021 census outline; visitor counts are Wikidata’s latest, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (13)
- Canadian Railway Museum: Fraccle, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Champlain Bridge estacade: Blanchardb- Me • MyEars • MyMouth -timed, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts: Thomas Ledl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal: Dpalma01, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marie-Reine-du-Monde Cathedral: Wilfredor, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maison Saint-Gabriel: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pointe-à-Callière Museum: Jean Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- McCord Stewart Museum: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Montréal Insectarium: Creator: James David Rogers, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Canadian Centre for Architecture: Lëa-Kim Châteauneuf, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Montréal Botanical Garden: GarrettRock at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée Grévin Montreal: Eliedion, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).