Saint Antoine Street (officially in ), formerly known as Craig Street, is a

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located in

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. It runs to the south of

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and north of

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and

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and

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. It crosses the Quartier international de Montréal. Between Atwater Avenue and Greene Avenue, the north side of the street is in

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. Saint-Antoine Street is primarily a one-way street with traffic running westbound only from Jean d'Estrées Street (exit from the eastbound Ville-Marie expressway) and eastbound only from

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. Between these two points, the traffic flows in both directions. The western terminus of Saint Antoine Street is at

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. At the east the street leads onto Boulevard Ville-Marie (the street extension of the Ville-Marie expressway) and onto

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near the Jacques Cartier Bridge.

History

West of Victoria Square

West of the original boundaries of Montreal (what is now

), Saint Antoine Street was the main thoroughfare of a suburban area known as Faubourg Saint-Antoine, later Saint-Antoine Ward.

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

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and Bleury Street. Following the dismantlement of the fortifications in the first decade of the 19th century, rue des Menuisiers was incorporated as part of a road, wide, that the commissioners built between the new ''Place des Commissaires'' (now known as Victoria Square) in the west, and

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in the east. The road passed above an old river that was converted into a canal after the dismantlement of Montreal's fortifications. 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

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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).

Transit

Square-Victoria–OACI, Georges-Vanier and Lucien-L’Allier train station are located on the street while Lionel-Groulx, Lucien-L’Allier, Bonaventure, Gare Centrale, Place-D’Armes and Champ-de-Mars are right nearby. The 36 Monk serves most of the downtown portion of the street.

Points of interest

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* Palais de justice (Montreal) * Palais des congrès de Montréal *

Tour de la Bourse The Stock Exchange Tower () is a 48-storey skyscraper in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located at the intersection of Victoria Square and Saint Jacques Street in the International Quarter. It is connected by the underground city to the Squa ...

* World Trade Centre Montreal

External links

Vieux-Montréal website

Rue Saint-Antoine Ouest, ''Banque de noms de lieux du Québec''
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