Saint Patrick Street (officially in

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: ''Rue Saint-Patrick'') is a street in

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. It runs for on an east-west course (according to Montreal street directions) along the entire southern edge of the

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. It begins at the Chemin du Musée, an extension of LaSalle Boulevard, at the canal's western entrance in the borough of Lachine, west of which it becomes the Chemin du Canal and runs along the spit of land that forms

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. Proceeding eastward from here, it traverses the boroughs of Lachine and LaSalle, then the neighbourhoods of

Ville-Émard Ville-Émard () is a neighbourhood located in the Le Sud-Ouest, Sud-Ouest borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Geography This neighbourhood is bordered by the Canal de l'Aqueduc, Aqueduct Canal to the east as far north as Desmarchais Boulevard wh ...

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, and

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, ending at Wellington Street beside the Wellington and Peel Basins on the

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History

The street is named for

Saint Patrick Saint Patrick (; or ; ) was a fifth-century Romano-British culture, Romano-British Christian missionary and Archbishop of Armagh, bishop in Gaelic Ireland, Ireland. Known as the "Apostle of Ireland", he is the primary patron saint of Irelan ...

, the

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, and has one of many Irish-inspired street names in Pointe-Saint-Charles, which along with neighbouring

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was the traditional home of Montreal's Irish community. The Pointe-Saint-Charles portion of the street is the original, with a map from 1859 showing the street terminating at the

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crossing in this district; it was later extended westward.

Features

The street is mainly industrial, especially in its western sections between René-Lévesque Park and Autoroute 15.Images Montréal
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formerly operated a sugar refinery at 1396 Saint Patrick Street in Pointe-Saint-Charles. The street also contains residential portions, including in Ville-Émard. A bicycle path runs along the Lachine Canal parallel to this street. This path also continues eastward past Wellington Street, turning north to meet the

Bonaventure Expressway Autoroute 10 (A-10) is an Autoroute of Quebec in Canada that links greater Montreal to key population centres in Montérégie and Estrie, including Brossard, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Granby, Sherbrooke and Saint-Georges (possible). The A-10 ...

and Old Port. Bicycle rentals are available at the ''Ma Bicyclette'' shops at the corner of Rue Thomas-Keefer, near the

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References

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