The link provides a gist of the Montreal two-airport saga......The building of an airport in the middle of farm country that failed to realizes its expectations. Mirabel Airport is the king of Montreal’s white elephants.
http://silomontreal.com/features/past-visions-of-a-future-that-never-came-3/ Greater Montreal Stats [1]: Land Area: 4258 sq kms Population: 3.8 million (2011) B [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Montreal