Metcalfe Street is a downtown

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, Canada. It is named for

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, a nineteenth-century Governor General of the Province of Canada. It is a north-south route, operating one way northbound, providing a key thoroughfare from

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(the Queensway). In the late 19th century and the early 20th century, its homes included those of Ottawa mayor

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(306 Metcalfe, Embassy of the Republic of Hungary in Ottawa), Canada's lumber and railroad baron

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(252 Metcalfe, Booth House), inventor

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a.k.a.

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Willson, and Alexander Campbell, law partner of

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(236 Metcalfe). The southern terminus is at Monkland Avenue in

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neighbourhood. It proceeds north as a minor residential street until the Queensway interchange (exit 119). As it continues north to downtown Ottawa, Metcalfe Street detours to the east of the

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between Argyle Street and McLeod Street, then continuing straight until Wellington Street where the road ends at

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Major intersections

(from North to South): * Wellington Street *

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* Albert Street * Slater Street *

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* Somerset Street *

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*Catherine Street *

( Queensway) *Isabella Street * Monkland Avenue

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Ottawa Transportation Master Plan
see map 7 Central Area/Inner City Road Network {{Ottawa Roads Roads in Ottawa

Major intersections

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