Rue Laurier (''Laurier Street'') is a main street located in the heart of the City of Gatineau,

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. It starts at Rue Eddy and ends at Rue Dussault. The street's main feature includes the

Canadian Museum of Civilization The Canadian Museum of History (french: Musée canadien de l’histoire) is a national museum on anthropology, Canadian history, cultural studies, and ethnology in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. The purpose of the museum is to promote the heritage of C ...

, one of Gatineau's main tourist attractions. It is also the location of Gatineau City Hall connected by an overpass to the Four Points Hotel as well as the Gatineau Court House, the

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hotels, the Saint-Joseph private college (although a secondary school) for girls, and many office buildings of

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. The Scott tissue paper mill located in front of City Hall is an historic landmark and the city has adopted plans which will create green spaces when the mill will shut down at an unknown date. It was also the site of the

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mill which ceased all Gatineau and Ottawa operations in 2006-07 as part of the restructuring of the

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and forest industries. One of the region's oldest restaurants, Café Henry Burger, which had been there since 1922, shut down in 2006. Right beside the museum, is

Jacques Cartier Park Jacques-Cartier Park is a park in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, along the Ottawa River. It is at the base of the Alexandra Bridge, facing the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. It is named for French explorer Jacques Cartier, who arrived at th ...

which houses many important events such as

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, the

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and Canada Day festivities. The park also contains a marina and bike paths. This street connects three of the five inter-provincial bridges heading to Ottawa: the

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, the

Chaudière Bridge The Chaudière Bridge (French: ''Pont de la Chaudière'') crosses the Ottawa River about west of Parliament Hill, joining the communities of Gatineau, Quebec and Ottawa, Ontario, linking Rue Eddy in the Hull sector of Gatineau and Booth Street in ...

and the

Portage Bridge The Portage Bridge (french: Pont du Portage) crosses the Ottawa River just down-river from the Chaudière Bridge, joining the communities of Gatineau, Quebec and Ottawa, Ontario. It links Laurier Street and Alexandre-Taché Boulevard in the ...

. It also crosses over the

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( Autoroute 5). The street was part of Route 148 prior to the construction of the Aylmer by-pass Boulevard des Allumettières (formerly called Boulevard de l'Outaouais and Boulevard Saint-Laurent) that bypasses downtown Hull.

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