McGill Street (Montreal)
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McGill Street (officially rue McGill) is a street in Montreal named after James McGill[1] after whom McGill University is named. The former head office building of Canadian National Railway Company, built for its predecessor Grand Trunk Railway, still stands on McGill Street and is now occupied by Quebec government offices.
In 1871, an advertisement for the Albion Hotel in an Ottawa newspaper called McGill Street "the great thoroughfare and commercial centre of the city".[2] The McCord Museum of Canadian History refers to the street as "an important artery in Montreal."[3]
The Quartier International de Montréal (Montreal's international district) describes McGill Street as "the link between the strategic sectors of the Old Port, Old Montreal, the Cite du Multimedia and the Quartier international."[4]
The Montreal station of the Montreal and Southern Counties Railway interurban streetcar line was located on McGill Street. The station building is still standing, although no longer used for transportation purposes.
References
- ^ McCord Museum of Canadian History – McGill Street, Montreal, QC, about 1869 Photograph and brief history of the street
- ^ "Albion Hotel". The Times (Ottawa). July 11, 1871. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
- ^ McCord Museum of Canadian History – McGill Street, Montreal, QC, about 1869 Photograph and brief history of the street
- ^ "Award Presented by the Respected Project Management Institute of Philadelphia: The Quartier International de Montreal Selected as the World's Best Managed Project". Quartier International de Montréal press release via Marketwire. Sep 12, 2005. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
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