Montreal, CANADA - Expo67 - Alcan Pavilion

Description: Montreal, CANADA - Expo67 - Alcan Pavilion - MULTIVIEW: The 1967 International and Universal Exposition or Expo 67, as it was commonly known, was a general exhibition, Category One World's Fair held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from April 27 to October 29, 1967. It is considered to be the most successful World's Fair of the 20th century with the most attendees to that date and 62 nations participating. The Alcan Pavilion offered a fascinating variety of marine life is revealed in the Alcan Pavilion and the Alcan Dolphin Pool which together form the Montreal Aquarium. The buildings, located only a few steps from La Ronde station of the Expo-Express, are harmoniously set in the Amusement Area of the Ile Sainte-Hélèn on the banks of Dolphin Lake. These structures are two of the few buildings on the site which will remain open after Expo 67 closes. The Aluminum Company of Canada., principal subsidiary of Alcan Aluminum Ltd., built the project as a joint and permanent venture with the City of Montreal. Immediately upon entering the Alcan Pavilion the visitor faces a colony of penguins in Antarctic conditions. The next spectacle is one of the most outstanding collections of salt water and freshwater life in North America. There are minute fish weighing less than one ounce and others ranging up to enormous 350-pound groupers. The south-sea coral reef exhibit is bathed in a fairyland of color. The Alcan Dolphin Pool features a troupe of trained dolphins performing acrobatic feats above and below the water. This Photochromatic postcard is in good condition. Plastichrome of Canada. Benjamin News Co.

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Location: Brooklyn, New York

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