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Saint Patrick Street
Saint Patrick Street (officially in French: ''Rue Saint-Patrick'') is a street in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It runs for on an east-west course (according to Montreal street directions) along the entire southern edge of the Lachine Canal. It begins at the Chemin du Musée, an extension of LaSalle Boulevard, at the canal's western entrance in the borough of Lachine, west of which it becomes the Chemin du Canal and runs along the spit of land that forms René Lévesque Park. Proceeding eastward from here, it traverses the boroughs of Lachine and LaSalle, then the neighbourhoods of Ville-Émard, Côte-Saint-Paul, and Pointe-Saint-Charles in Le Sud-Ouest, ending at Wellington Street beside the Wellington and Peel Basins on the Saint Lawrence River. History The street is named for Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, and has one of many Irish-inspired street names in Pointe-Saint-Charles, which along with neighbouring Griffintown was the traditional home of Montreal's Iris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ville-Émard
Ville-Émard is a neighbourhood located in the Sud-Ouest borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Overview Geography This neighbourhood is bordered by the Aqueduct Canal to the east as far north as Desmarchais Boulevard where it meets Côte-Saint-Paul, after which the eastern boundary runs north along Monk Boulevard to the Lachine Canal, the community's northern edge. The western boundary runs south along Irwin Street and Irwin Avenue to Angrignon Park, the outer boundaries of which form the community's western and southern edges. This neighbourhood is accessible via the ''Angrignon'' exit on Quebec Autoroute 20 and the ''De La Vérendrye'' exit on Quebec Autoroute 15. Neighbourhood Views History Ville-Émard was originally part of the concession of Côte Saint-Paul, granted by the Sulpician Order, seigneurs of the Island of Montreal, in 1662. The concession included modern-day Ville-Émard, Côte-Saint-Paul, and the Turcot Yards, and was used for agriculture. The La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1859 Pointe St-Charles
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