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Saint Hubert Street

Coordinates: 45°30′57″N 73°33′35″W / 45.51583°N 73.55972°W / 45.51583; -73.55972
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Saint Hubert Street
Native namerue Saint-Hubert (French)
LocationMontreal, Quebec, Canada
South endDe la Commune Street East
Major
junctions
A-40 (TCH)
R-138
R-136
North endStanley Park Avenue

St. Hubert Street (officially in French: rue Saint-Hubert) is a north–south street that spans the island of Montreal. It is located east of Berri Street.

It traverses the boroughs of Ville-Marie, Le Plateau-Mont-Royal, Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie, Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension and Ahuntsic-Cartierville.

There is also a Rue Saint-Hubert in Laval's Pont-Viau district, running several blocks north from the Rivière des Prairies not far from the alignment of the Montreal street, although they are not connected.

History

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The land where this street is located was donated by Hubert-Joseph Lacroix (1743-1821), whose family settled on this street, and was officially laid out in 1826. The large residences built here in the second half of the nineteenth century, mainly by the French-Canadian elite, preserve the character of the street's residential origins to this day.

The artery was the site of the Montreal Eucharistic Congress in 1910, which ran between Saint-Antoine Street and Cherrier Street.

The first St-Hubert restaurant was opened on this street in 1951.

Between Bellechasse Street and Jean-Talon Street, the street becomes an outdoor plaza, known as Plaza-St-Hubert,[1] with the sidewalks protected from the elements by a glass roof.

References

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  1. ^ "Plaza St. Hubert". Tourism Montreal.

45°30′57″N 73°33′35″W / 45.51583°N 73.55972°W / 45.51583; -73.55972