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History of Street Names

St. Catherine: It is believed that the Soeurs de la

Congregation owned a convent on the mountain and

the street that led to it was called St. Catherine.

Guy: Named on August 30, 1817 after Etienne Guy,

notary, who gave the city the land for the street.

Dorchester: Named before 1844 for Guy Carleton,

Lord Dorchester (1724-1808) Governor-General of

Canada from 1768-1778 and 1786-1795.

Named Rene-Levesque in 1994 after Rene Levesque,

Premier of Quebec.

du Fort: Named before 1880 by the Sulpicians

because it led to the fort which the Sulpicians had

built on the mountain.

Tupper: Named on July 2, 1873 for Sir Charles

Tupper (1821-1915) doctor, minister and Prime

Minister of Canada in 1896 and leader of the

Conservative party from 1896 to 1900. Before 1900,

this street, west of du Fort, was named Quiblier.

St. Marc: Named on May 17, 1880 after one of the

Evangelists. Land for this street was given by the

Sulpicians.

St. Mathieu: Named on May 17, 1880 after one of the

Evangelists. Land for this street was given by the

Sulpicians.

Baile: First named Bayle (later changed to Baile) on

May 17, 1880 after J. Alexander Bayle (1801-1888)

a Sulpician Superior from March 14, 1866 to April

20, 1881.

Lamben-Closse: Named Closse, later changed to

Lambert-Closse, on May 17, 1880 for Raphael

Lambert-Closse, major, notary and intermediate

Governor of Montreal in 1665.

Seymour: Named on March 22,1889 for

Mr. and Mrs. Melancthon Hiram Seymour, who gave

the city the land for the street.

Shaughnessy Village got its name from Shaughnessy House built in 1874 to the design of

William T. Thomas for tycoon Thomas Shaughnessy, the president of the Canadian Pacific Railroad.

The house was declared a national historic site in 1974 and became incorporated into the

Canadian Centre for Architecture, one of the world's foremost centres of architectural history.