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McGill Street (Montreal) McTavish Street; Metcalfe Street (Montreal) Mount Royal Avenue; N. Notre-Dame Street; O. Ontario Street (Montreal) P. Papineau Avenue; Park ...
Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral is a Catholic minor basilica in Downtown Montreal.. Notable religious buildings in Downtown Montreal include: Christ Church Cathedral, Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, Church of St. John the Evangelist, Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral, St. James the Apostle Anglican Church, St. James United Church, St. George's Anglican Church and St. Patrick's Basilica.
Old Montreal (French: Vieux-Montréal) is a historic area located southeast of downtown containing many different attractions such as the Old Port of Montreal, Place Jacques-Cartier, Montreal City Hall, the Bonsecours Market, Place d'Armes, Pointe-à-Callière Museum, the Notre-Dame de Montréal Basilica, and the Montreal Science Centre.
Dorchester Street, Montreal, in 1911 Queen Elizabeth Hotel and Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral, looking east. From the time of its formal naming in 1844, the street was known as "Dorchester Boulevard" in honour of Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (1724–1808), Governor of the Province of Quebec and Governor General of Canada .
As assistant director of the city of Montreal's newly formed planning department, he persuaded authorities to abandon plans for an expressway that would have cut through the old city. [2] In 1964, most of Old Montreal was classified as a historic district. In 1970, the road was renamed from rue des Commissaires, in memory of early colonial days.
The park is named for Roman Catholic nun Émilie Gamelin, founder of the Sisters of Providence religious community, which had operated a convent on the land. Émilie Gamelin and her sisters were known for running a soup kitchen (l'Œuvre de la Soupe) for the homeless community, as well as other needy people, of Montreal, until the demolition of the Asile of Providence building on August 14 ...
Saint Jacques Street (French: rue Saint-Jacques, pronounced [ʁy sɛ̃ʒak]), or St. James Street, is a major street in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, running from Old Montreal westward to Lachine. The street is commonly known by two names , "St. James Street" in English (after St. James's , London ) and rue Saint-Jacques in French .
Saint Laurent Boulevard, also known as Saint Lawrence Boulevard (officially in French: boulevard Saint-Laurent), is a major street in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.A commercial artery and cultural heritage site, the street runs north west–south east through the near-centre of city and is nicknamed The Main (French: La Main), which is the abbreviation for "Main Street".