Beaubien Street (officially in french: rue Beaubien) is a major east-west street located in
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...
,
Quebec
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, Canada. The street links
Autoroute 25 in the east and Durocher Avenue in the west.
The street is named after
Pierre Beaubien, the physician and political figure in
Canada East and father of
Louis Beaubien, the founder of
Outremont
Outremont is an affluent residential borough (''arrondissement'') of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It consists entirely of the former city on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec. The neighbourhood is inhabited largely by fran ...
in 1875 and deputy to the
Legislative Assembly for many years.
Transportation
The street is served by the
18 Beaubien bus route.
The
Beaubien metro station
A metro station or subway station is a station for a rapid transit system, which as a whole is usually called a "metro" or "subway". A station provides a means for passengers to purchase tickets, board trains, and evacuate the system in the ...
is located at the intersection of De Châteaubriand Avenue.
See also
*
18 Beaubien
References
Streets in Montreal
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Beaubien-Casgrain family