This street, which surrounds the Saint-Malo industrial park between Avenue Saint-Sacrement and Rue Vincent-Massey, is named in honour of Lucien-Hubert Borne (1884-1954), who was mayor of Quebec City for 15…
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STREET VIEWS: The story behind Avenue Louis-Jobin
This street is named in honour of Louis Jobin, best known as a sculptor of religious statuary, born in Saint-Raymond de Portneuf in 1845. At the age of 14 or…
The story behind Rue Louis-Pasteur
This street is named in honour of one of the most eminent scientists of the 19th century. Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) was a French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries…
STREET VIEWS: The story behind Rue Louvigny
This street is named in honour of Louis de La Porte de Louvigny (1662-1725). Louvigny was a French military officer who arrived in New France in 1683 as the French…
The story behind Rue Louis-Hémon
This street is named in honour of French author Louis Hémon (1880-1913), who was born in Brest, but grew up in Paris, where his parents moved when he was two…
The story behind Rue Luc-Pelletier
Luc Pelletier (1859-1944) was born in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies (Lower Saint Lawrence) and was an entrepreneur who played a key role in the development of the Notre-Dame-des-Laurentides municipality, today a part of…
STREET VIEWS: The story behind Rue Louis-Alexandre-Taschereau
This street was named in honour of Louis-Alexandre Taschereau (1867-1952), who served as the 14th premier of Quebec from 1920 to 1936. Born in Quebec City, he was the son…
The story behind Boulevard Liégeois
This street is named in honour of Jean Liégeois (1600-1655), a Jesuit friar who was born in Verdun, France. Skilled in the building trades and equipped with a sound education,…
The story behind Rue Louis-A.-Bélisle
This street is named in honour of Louis-Alexandre Bélisle (1902-1985), who was born in Saint-Éloi-de-Témiscouata, a small village near Trois-Pistoles in the Lower St. Lawrence region, but who lived in…
STREET VIEWS: The story behind Rue du Corps-de-Garde
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”…