De la Gauchetière Street

De la Gauchetière Street
Construction
<span class="nickname" ">French: Rue de la Gauchetière

Length	2.2 km (1.4 mi)
Location	Montreal
West end	Peel Street
East end	Wolfe Street
Inauguration	1954

De la Gauchetière Street and Saint Urbain Street in Chinatown.

De la Gauchetière Street (officially in French: Rue De La Gauchetière) is a street in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, running through downtown Montreal, the Quartier international and Chinatown.

In Chinatown, it takes the form of a pedestrian zone, between Saint Laurent Boulevard and Jeanne-Mance Street. Between Peel Street and Mountain Street, it has been renamed Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal.

Points of interest

The street runs through the central business district, and is home to such landmarks as Place Bonaventure, the 1000 de la Gauchetière skyscraper, and the Château Champlain. De la Gauchetiere also forms the southern edge of Place du Canada. Bell Centre is located on the part that was renamed as Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal.

One of Montreal's two main railway stations are located on the street: Central Station. Lucien L'Allier Station is located on the part that was renamed as Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal. Historic Windsor Station is also located on the part that was renamed, but is no longer used for train service, the Bell Centre occupying the area where the tracks were located.

Etymology

The name has been unofficially translated variously as La Gauchetière Street (such as inside the elevator in Windsor Station) and Gauchetière Street. However, the name does not mean "of the Gauchetière"; rather, de la here is part of the proper name, as it is named after the landowner Joseph-Daniel Migeon, also called the Sieur de la Gauchetière in honor of his mother Catherine Gauchet.^[1]

References

↑ Commission de toponymie Québec. "Fiche descriptive Rue De La Gauchetière" (in French). Retrieved 19 August 2012.

Roads, bridges and tunnels in Montreal

North–south streets	Greene Avenue Atwater Avenue Côte-des-Neiges Road Guy Street Mackay Street Bishop Street Crescent Street Mountain Street Drummond Street Stanley Street Peel Street Metcalfe Street McTavish Street Mansfield Street McGill College Avenue Robert-Bourassa Boulevard/University Street McGill Street Park Avenue Jeanne-Mance Street Saint Urbain Street Saint Laurent Boulevard Saint Denis Street Berri Street Saint Hubert Street Christophe Colomb Avenue Papineau Avenue De Lorimier Avenue Saint Michel Boulevard Pie-IX Boulevard Langelier Boulevard De L'Assomption Boulevard

East–west streets	Gouin Boulevard Henri Bourassa Boulevard Jarry Street Jean Talon Street Beaubien Street Queen Mary Road Côte-Saint-Luc Road Laurier Avenue Saint Joseph Boulevard Mount Royal Avenue Pine Avenue Doctor Penfield Avenue Sherbrooke Street Ontario Street De Maisonneuve Boulevard Saint Catherine Street René Lévesque Boulevard De la Gauchetière Street Viger Avenue Saint Antoine Street Saint Jacques Street Notre-Dame Street Rue Saint-Paul Wellington Street Rue de la Commune

Expressways	10 (Bonaventure Expressway) 13 (Chomedey Expressway) 15 (Laurentides Expressway) 19 (Papineau Expressway) 20 25 (Louis-H-Lafontaine Expressway) 40 (Metropolitan Expressway) 520 (Côte-de-liesse Expressway) 720 (Ville-Marie Expressway) Anjou Interchange Turcot Interchange

Routes	Route 112 (Bridge & Mountain) Route 117 (Laurentian & Marcel Laurin) Route 125 (Pie-IX) Route 138 (Sherbrooke Street) Route 335 (St. Denis)

Bridges and tunnels	List of bridges to the Island of Montreal Champlain Bridge Charles de Gaulle Bridge Galipeault Bridge Honoré Mercier Bridge Jacques Cartier Bridge Île aux Tourtes Bridge Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge–Tunnel Louis Bisson Bridge Médéric Martin Bridge Olivier-Charbonneau Bridge Papineau-Leblanc Bridge Pie IX Bridge Le Gardeur Bridge Viau Bridge Victoria Bridge Tunnel de la mort

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Coordinates: 45°30′30″N 73°33′35″W / 45.508356°N 73.559802°W / 45.508356; -73.559802

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De la Gauchetière Street

Points of interest

Etymology

See also

References