Charlevoix station () is a

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station in the borough of

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(STM) and serves the Green Line. It is located in the district of Pointe-Saint-Charles. It opened on September 3, 1978, as part of the extension of the Green Line westward to Angrignon station.

Architecture and art

Designed by Ayotte et Bergeron, it was built as a stacked platform station, in order to reduce the width of the station owing to the weak

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in which it was built. The lower (Honoré-Beaugrand) platform is below the surface, making this the deepest station in the network, as well as the lowest in altitude (the lower platform is below

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). The station has one ticket hall and one access. The long stairways to the platforms, built around a light shaft, are brightened by two

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windows by Mario Merola and Pierre Osterrath.

Origin of the name

This station is named for rue Charlevoix.

Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, S.J. (; ; 24 or 29 October 1682 – 1 February 1761) was a French Jesuit priest, traveller, and historian, often considered the first historian of New France. Name Charlevoix's name also appears as Pier ...

(1682–1761) was a French

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Connecting bus routes

The buses at Charlevoix use its bus loop which is under an OMHM apartment building.

Nearby points of interest

* Centre Saint-Charles * St. Columba House * Clinique communautaire de Pointe-Saint-Charles * Carrefour d'éducation publique * Parc du Canal-de-Lachine * Maison Saint-Gabriel

References

External links

Charlevoix Station - official site

Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com
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2016 STM System Map

2016 Downtown System Map

Metro Map
{{MTL Metro Green Green Line (Montreal Metro) Le Sud-Ouest Railway stations in Canada opened in 1978