Editing Expo 67 (section)

===Background===
[[File:expopass.jpg|left|thumb|325 px| Expo 67 passport]]
The idea of hosting the 1967 World Exhibition dates back to 1957. "I believe it was [[Pierre Sévigny (politician)|Colonel Sevigny]] who first asked me to do what I could to bring Canada's selection as the site for the international exposition in 1967," wrote Prime Minister [[John Diefenbaker]] in his memoir.<ref>{{cite book |title=One Canada The Years of Achievement 1956 to 1962 |last=Diefenbaker |first=John G |publisher=Macmillan of Canada |year=1976 |isbn=077051443X |pages=[https://archive.org/details/onecanadamemoirs0000dief/page/303 303] |url=https://archive.org/details/onecanadamemoirs0000dief/page/303}}</ref>  Montreal's mayor, [[Sarto Fournier]], backed the proposal, allowing Canada to make a bid to the [[Bureau International des Expositions]] (BIE).  At the BIE's May 5, 1960 meeting in [[Paris]], Moscow was awarded the fair after five rounds of voting that eliminated Austria's and then Canada's bids.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bid to Hold the World's Fair in Montreal |work=Expo 67 Man and His World |publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]] |year=2007 |url=http://www.collectionscanada.ca/expo/0533020101_e.html |access-date=June 14, 2007 |archive-date=March 31, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070331230530/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/expo/0533020101_e.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> In April 1962,<ref name="Soviets Cancel">{{cite news |title=Briefly |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=April 16, 1967 |location=Toronto |page=31}}</ref> however, the Soviets scrapped plans to host the fair because of financial constraints and security concerns.<ref name=Fulford>{{cite book |last=Fulford |first=Robert |title=Remembering Expo: A Pictorial Record |year=1968 |publisher=McClelland and Stewart Ltd |location=Toronto |page=10}}</ref><ref name="Yves Jasmin">{{cite web |last=Jasmin |first=Yves |title=Ce 1Er Avril 1962: Une Nouvelle ÉPoque S'ouvre Devant Montréal |url=http://www.expo67.org/carnets_120401_f |work=Carnets de l'Expo |publisher=Foundation Expo67 |access-date=April 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130414172927/http://www.expo67.org/carnets_120401_f |archive-date=April 14, 2013 |location=Montreal |language=fr |date=April 1, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Montreal's new mayor, [[Jean Drapeau]], lobbied the Canadian government to try again for the fair, which they did.  On November 13, 1962,<ref name="Montreal Wins">{{cite news |title=Montreal Gets 1967 World's Fair |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hVUlAAAAIBAJ&dq=montreal%20gets%20world%20fair&pg=3983%2C3279859 |access-date=April 26, 2012 |newspaper=The Ottawa Citizen |date=November 14, 1962 |location=Ottawa |page=6}}</ref> the BIE changed the location of the World Exhibition to Canada,<ref name="Montreal Wins" /> and Expo 67 went on to become the second-best attended BIE-sanctioned [[List of world expositions|world exposition]], after the [[Exposition Universelle (1900)|1900 Exposition Universelle]] in Paris.  (It is now fourth, having been surpassed by [[Expo '70|Osaka (1970)]] and [[Expo 2010|Shanghai (2010)]].)<ref name="Expo 2010">{{cite news |last=Beaton |first=Jessica |title=Shanghai 2010 Expo Breaks World Fair Attendance Record |url=https://travel.cnn.com/shanghai/play/expo-blows-70-million-person-target-321478/ |access-date=January 5, 2019 |newspaper=CNN International |date=October 26, 2010}}</ref>

Several sites were proposed as the main Expo grounds. One location that was considered was [[Mount Royal]] Park, to the north of the downtown core.<ref name="Simms">{{cite web |last1=Simms |first1=Don |first2=Stanley |last2=Burke |first3=Alan |last3=Yates |title=Montreal Gets the Call |work=Did You Know |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=November 13, 1962 |url=http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/society/celebrations/expo-67-montreal-welcomes-the-world/montreal-gets-the-call.html |access-date=April 26, 2012}}</ref> But it was Drapeau's idea to create new islands in the St. Lawrence river, and to enlarge the existing [[Saint Helen's Island]]. The choice overcame opposition from Montreal's surrounding municipalities, and also prevented land speculation.<ref>Berton, p. 260</ref> On March 29, 1963, the location for the World's Fair was officially announced as being Saint Helen's Island.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Banter |first=Bill |date=March 29, 1963 |title='Dazzling' Future Viewed for Saint Helen's Fair Site |pages=1 |work=Montreal Gazette |quote=St. Helen's Island late yesterday won the blessing of the Federal Government as site of the 1967 World's Fair}}</ref>