To those still who doubt these 100-km Montreal claims, I'm pretty sure they're true. You can see downtown or Mount Royal from very far even on the road, coming from the west, north or south (not sure about east).
Here is a picture I took from a Toyota Camry on the 40/417 highway (no hill), on August 14, 2008.
To the left, you can see Mount Royal, the Oratory, and Université de Montréal, which is
40.3 km away.
When you get much closer, in the west island
