STREET VIEWS: The story behind Rue du Pont
STREET VIEWS: The story behind Rue du Pont Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com Rue du Pont owes its name to the second Dorchester Bridge to which it leads, which is named after …
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STREET VIEWS: The story behind Rue Valentin
STREET VIEWS: The story behind Rue Valentin Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com With this week’s edition falling so close to Valentine’s Day, your scribe was hoping there was a Quebec City street …
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STREET VIEWS: The story behind Avenue Kepler
STREET VIEWS: The story behind Avenue Kepler Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com This street was named in honour of Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), a German astronomer, mathematician, astrologer and natural philosopher. A key …
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STREET VIEWS: The story behind Rue Marc-Chagall
STREET VIEWS: The story behind Rue Marc-Chagall Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com This street was named in honour of Marc Chagall (1887-1985), a French painter of Russian origin, who came from a …
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STREET VIEWS: The story behind Rue des Fous-de-Bassan
STREET VIEWS: The story behind Rue des Fous-de-Bassan Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com The Rue des Fous-de- Bassan is named after the majestic white seabird, known in English as the northern gannet, …
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STREET VIEWS: The story behind Rue des Anciens-Canadiens
STREET VIEWS: The story behind Rue des Anciens-Canadiens Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com The name of this street in Charlesbourg recalls the famous novel by Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé (1786-1871), Les Anciens …
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STREET VIEWS: The story behind Rue des Sapins
STREET VIEWS: The story behind Rue des Sapins Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com Rue des Sapins is named after everyone’s favourite Christmas tree (sapin), the balsam fir. Of the nine species of …
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STREET VIEWS: The story behind Rue des Rennes
STREET VIEWS: The story behind Rue des Rennes Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com This street in the Charlesbourg borough of Quebec City is named after the rennes (reindeer) that used to be …
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STREET VIEWS: The story behind Rue J.-E.-Cauchon
STREET VIEWS: The story behind Rue J.-E.-Cauchon Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com This street is named after journalist and politician Joseph-Édouard Cauchon (1816-1885). He was the co-founder of the Journal de Québec, …
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STREET VIEWS: The story behind Rue des Coquelicots
STREET VIEWS: The story behind Rue des Coquelicots Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com This street is named after the poppy (Papaver rhoeas), an annual plant with long stems covered with silky hairs, …
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