McGill Street (Montreal)

Coordinates: 45°30′01″N 73°33′28″W / 45.500401°N 73.557879°W / 45.500401; -73.557879
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McGill Street
De la Commune Street
Coordinates45°30′01″N 73°33′28″W / 45.500401°N 73.557879°W / 45.500401; -73.557879
Major
junctions
R-136 Ville-Marie Expressway (via service roads Viger Avenue and Saint Antoine Street)
McGill Street in 1869.

McGill Street (officially in

Canadian National Railway Company, built for its predecessor Grand Trunk Railway
, still stands on McGill Street and is now occupied by Quebec government offices.

In 1871, an advertisement for the Albion Hotel in an Ottawa newspaper called McGill Street "the great thoroughfare and commercial centre of the city".

McCord Museum of Canadian History refers to the street as "an important artery in Montreal."[3]

The

Cité Multimedia and the Quartier international."[4]

The Montreal station of the Montreal and Southern Counties Railway interurban streetcar line was located on McGill Street. The station building is still standing, although no longer used for transportation purposes.

Square-Victoria–OACI metro station is located near the end of the street.

McGill Street runs from

Victoria Square south to rue de la Commune in the Old Port, at the head of the Lachine Canal. North of Victoria Square, the street transitions to Beaver Hall Hill
.

References

  1. ^ McCord Museum of Canadian History – McGill Street, Montreal, QC, about 1869 Photograph and brief history of the street
  2. ^ "Albion Hotel". The Times (Ottawa). July 11, 1871. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
  3. ^ McCord Museum of Canadian History – McGill Street, Montreal, QC, about 1869 Photograph and brief history of the street
  4. ^ "Award Presented by the Respected Project Management Institute of Philadelphia: The Quartier International de Montreal Selected as the World's Best Managed Project". Quartier International de Montréal press release via Marketwire. Sep 12, 2005. Retrieved 2008-10-23.

45°30′01″N 73°33′28″W / 45.500401°N 73.557879°W / 45.500401; -73.557879