Rue Rachel
Rue Rachel is a street of east-west orientation in Montreal, Canada, found in the Plateau-Mont Royal and Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie districts. It connects boulevard Pie-IX and Parc Jeanne-Mance (Near Parc du Mont-Royal).
Rue Rachel runs parallel to and two blocks south of the avenue Mont-Royal. At the intersection with boulevard Saint-Laurent. it is a half dozen blocks north of the major artery of rue Sherbrooke, but further east --crossing the CP tracks which divide the Plateau from Rosemont, and on to its end at the Botanical garden--Rachel runs just north it.
Sites of Interest:
- Botanical Garden of Montreal, at the corner of boulevard Pie-IX
- Parc Saint-Émile, at the corner of rue Davidson
- Église et école Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, at the corner of rue Fullum
- Parc Lafontaine, between rue Papineau and rue du Parc-Lafontaine
- Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, at the corner of rue Drolet
- Église portugaise Santa Cruz, at the corner of rue Saint-Urbain
- Parc Jeanne-Mance, between rue de l'Esplanade and l'avenue du Parc.
History
In October 1834, the estate of the notary Jean-Marie Cadieux de Courville (1780-1827) was subdivided and plotted by the surveyor Charles Laurier, into streets which are named after members of the Cadieux family. This particular street is named for one of the daughters of the notary; Rachel(1814-1879). Rachel was the wife of Jean-Baptiste-Chamilly de Lorimier (1808-1865), the younger brother of François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier (1803-1839), who was himself married to Henriette, the sister of the namesake of Rue Rachel.
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Coordinates: 45°31′20″N 73°34′40″W / 45.5221°N 73.5779°W