Saint Antoine Street
West end | Saint Jacques Street, Saint-Henri |
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Major junctions | R-112 Peel Street R-136 as service lane A-10 Robert-Bourassa Boulevard |
East end | Notre-Dame Street, Centre-Sud |
Construction | |
Construction start | 1799 |
Saint Antoine Street (officially in
Saint-Antoine Street is primarily a one-way street with traffic running westbound only from Jean d'Estrées Street (exit from the eastbound
History
West of Victoria Square
West of the original boundaries of Montreal (what is now Old Montreal), Saint Antoine Street was the main thoroughfare of a suburban area known as Faubourg Saint-Antoine, later Saint-Antoine Ward.
Transit
East of Victoria Square
Since 1799, the street was known as rue des Menuisiers, and the street bordered the land reserved for the city's fortifications between
From 1817 to August 1976, this street was named Craig Street, after Sir James Henry Craig, Governor General of British North America and Lieutenant Governor of Lower Canada from 1807 to 1811. The street was renamed in 1976 to bear the same name as its western portion (at a time when there was a tendency in Montreal to rename streets after French figures and places).
Points of interest
- Bell Centre
- Palais de justice (Montreal)
- Palais des congrès de Montréal
- Tour de la Bourse
- World Trade Centre Montreal
External links
- Vieux-Montréal website (in French)
- Rue Saint-Antoine Ouest, Banque de noms de lieux du Québec (in French)
45°30′27″N 73°33′25″W / 45.507386°N 73.556905°W