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The story behind Rue Christie

This street is named in honour of Robert Christie (1787-1856), a lawyer, militia officer, historian and politician, who was born in Windsor, N.S., to parents who had emigrated from Scotland. …

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4 December 2018Community, Monumental / Street Views, QCT Online, QCT Online ArchivesCommunity, Street ViewsQCT Archive

The story behind Rue Braille

Rue Braille was named in honour of Louis Braille, who invented a system of reading and writing for use by the blind or visually impaired. The system he devised remains …

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20 November 2018Community, Monumental / Street Views, QCT Online, QCT Online ArchivesCommunity, Street ViewsQCT Archive

The story behind Rue Bethune

This street is named in honour of Dr. Norman Bethune (1890-1939), who was born in Gravenhurst, Ont.   In 1914, when the First World War was declared in Europe, Bethune …

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6 November 2018Community, Monumental / Street Views, QCT Online, QCT Online ArchivesCommunity, Street ViewsQCT Archive

The story behind Rue de Bergerville

Rue de Bergerville and Parc Bergerville recall the village of Bergerville, created around 1850 in the sector north of the Woodfield Domain that was once part of the Saint-Michel estate …

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1 November 2018Community, Monumental / Street Views, QCT Online, QCT Online ArchivesCommunity, Street ViewsQCT Archive

The story behind Rue du Bélier

Rue du Bélier is named after the adult male sheep (the ram). Rams are recognizable by their large spiral horns. Now raised around the world for their wool, meat and …

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24 October 2018Community, Monumental / Street Views, QCT Online, QCT Online ArchivesCommunity, Street ViewsQCT Archive

The story behind Rue William-Wood

This new street that has just been opened in the Cap-Rouge neighbourhood of Quebec City is named in honour of William Wood, who was born in Quebec City in 1864. …

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16 October 2018Community, Monumental / Street Views, QCT Online, QCT Online ArchivesCommunity, Street ViewsQCT Archive

The story behind Rue John-Simons

This new street, still under construction in a residential area of the Haute-Saint-Charles borough of Quebec City, near the intersection of Boulevard Henri-IV and Avenue Chauveau, was named in July …

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9 October 2018Community, Monumental / Street Views, QCT Online, QCT Online ArchivesCommunity, Street ViewsQCT Archive

The story behind Rue Triquet

This street honours Paul Triquet, V.C. (1910-1980),  an officer of the Royal 22e Régiment, born in Cabano, Quebec. Triquet enrolled in the Canadian Army in 1927 and participated in the …

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4 October 2018Community, Monumental / Street Views, QCT Online, QCT Online ArchivesCommunity, Street ViewsQCT Archive

The story behind Rue de la Beauce

This street is named in honour of a section of the Chaudière-Appalaches region that extends southeast of the city of Lévis to the Canada-U.S. border.  The towns of Saint-Georges, Sainte-Marie, …

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25 September 2018Community, Monumental / Street Views, QCT Online, QCT Online ArchivesCommunity, Street ViewsQCT Archive

The story behind Côte Badelard

This cobblestone pathway and wooden staircase which join Upper (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) and Lower Town (Saint-Roch) are named in honour of Philippe-Louis-François Badelard (1728-1807). Born in France, Badelard became an army officer …

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