Henri Bourassa Boulevard (officially in french: Boulevard Henri-Bourassa) is a major east–west street located in

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, Canada. Located in the north of the island of Montreal, it runs parallel to

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. Spanning 29 kilometres (18 miles) in length, it links the borough of

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in the east to a junction with Autoroute 13 and Alfred Nobel Boulevard in Saint-Laurent in the west. West of here, the street continues into the

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as Hymus Boulevard, a main thoroughfare in

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, and Kirkland.

History

The street is renamed after

Henri Bourassa Joseph-Napoléon-Henri Bourassa (; September 1, 1868 – August 31, 1952) was a French Canadian political leader and publisher. In 1899, Bourassa was outspoken against the British government's request for Canada to send a militia to fight for ...

(1868–1952), a Quebec nationalist politician, and founder of the Montreal newspaper ''

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''. It was enlarged in steps beginning in 1954, following expropriations, but also has a new segment. Part of what became the boulevard — two segments between Meilleur Street and Lajeunesse — was originally named Kelly Street by the Irish farmers who lived alongside it. Further east, the boulevard was built on what was a private right-of-way owned and operated as a

tram A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are ...

way line by the Montreal Park and Island Railway Company, a predecessor of today's

Montreal Transit Corporation 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-p ...

. Further west, the boulevard was built from Bois Franc Road. Henri-Bourassa

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 ...

Du Ruisseau station Du Ruisseau is a future Réseau express métropolitain (REM) station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, expected to open for REM service by the end of 2024. It was formerly a commuter rail station on the Deux-Montagnes line until Exo ended service in 2 ...

on the

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and Bois-de-Boulogne train station are located on Henri Bourassa Boulevard.

References

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