Rue de la Montagne, also known as Mountain Street, is a north–south street located in

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. It starts at Wellington Street in the south and continues to above

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in the north, where it stops in a dead end just short of

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. Notable businesses located along the street include

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, an upscale

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Name

According to the Quebec Toponymy Commission, the street is named after

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. A 1761 map shows a trail at the location of the current street called ''chemin des Sauvages de la montagne''. It is also found under the name ''chemin de la Montagne'' in later maps, such as the map by surveyor Jean Péladeau in 1778. There is an

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that it was named after

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, first Anglican bishop of Quebec, or his son Bishop

George Jehoshaphat Mountain George Jehoshaphat Mountain (27 July 1789 – 6 January 1863) was a British-Canadian Anglican bishop (3rd Anglican Bishop of Quebec), the first Principal of McGill College from 1824 to 1835, and one of the founders of Bishop's University and B ...

. However, Jacob Mountain was neither the bishop nor resident in Quebec until 1793, long after the creation of maps bearing the name ''chemin de la Montagne''.

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