This short dead-end street in the Old City that runs off Rue Saint-Louis has been very much in the public eye lately, as it is where the iconic “cannonball tree” …

These streets in the Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy district of Quebec City are named after Charles Hugh Le Pailleur (Jones), who was born in Montreal on May 1, 1876, the son of Charles …

This street in the Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy district of Quebec City is named after François-Marc-Antoine Le Mercier (1722-1798), a French artillery officer who first arrived in Canada in 1740 as a cadet …

Avenue Livernois, a residential street in the La Cité-Limoilou borough of Quebec City, is named in honour of three generations of famous photographers, the Livernois family. Jules-Isaïe Benoit dit Livernois …

A very short street and a stairway are named in honour of the Lépine family, notably Germain Legris dit Lépine (1821-1899) who began his career as a cabinet maker. In …

This street is named in honour of Hugues Lapointe (1911-1982) who was a lawyer, member of Parliament and lieutenant governor of Quebec.Born in Rivière-du-Loup, he was the son of Ernest …

A street, a stairway and a bridge are named in honour of Henri-Edgar Lavigueur (1867-1943), who served as the 27th and the 32nd mayor of Quebec City. Born in Quebec …

Avenue Juchereau is named in honour of Antoine Juchereau Duchesnay (1740-1806), the sixth seigneur of the Manoir de Beauport and the son of Antoine Juchereau Duchesnay and Marie Françoise Chartier …

This street is named in honour of journalist Judith Jasmin (1916-1972), the first Quebec woman to become a grand reporter (special correspondent).Born in Terrebonne, Jasmin studied in Paris, where her …

This street is named after real estate entrepreneur Jules Dallaire (1938-2006), who was born in Sainte-Rose-de-Watford and established himself in Quebec City in 1956.Dallaire founded Cominar in 1965. Over the …