 The decision to build Peace Park came during Jean Doré’s administration after he helped Montreal become a Nuclear Free Zone in 1986.With Montréal’s new commitment to peace the mayor Jean Doré announced in 1989 that he would build a place of peace in remembrance of the tragedies of nuclear warfare, located on Saint-Laurent Boulevard in front of the Monument-National and the Montreal Pool Room.The park was designed by Robert Desjardins and was inaugurated on 20 November 1994.