Charlevoix Station (Montreal)
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Architecture and art

Designed by Ayotte et Bergeron, it was built as a stacked platform station, in order to reduce the width of the station owing to the weak Utica Shale in which it was built. The lower (Honoré-Beaugrand) platform is below the surface, making this the deepest station in the network, as well as the lowest in altitude (the lower platform is below sea level). The station has one ticket hall and one access. The long stairways to the platforms, built around a light shaft, are brightened by two
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Origin of the name

This station is named for rue Charlevoix.
Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, S.J. ( la, Petrus Franciscus-Xaverius de Charlevoix; 24 or 29 October 1682 – 1 February 1761) was a French Jesuit priest, traveller, and historian, often considered the first historian of New France. He h ...
(1682–1761) was a French
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Connecting bus routes

The buses at Charlevoix use its bus loop which is under an OMHM apartment building.


Nearby points of interest

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* Parc du Canal-de-Lachine * Maison Saint-Gabriel


References


External links


Charlevoix Station - official site

Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com
- photos, information, and trivia
2016 STM System Map

2016 Downtown System Map

Metro Map
{{MTL Metro Green Green Line (Montreal Metro) Le Sud-Ouest Railway stations in Canada opened in 1978