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Montreal Geography Trivia No. 26

Here’s one I’m not 100% sure on the answer to. So any prizes granted will be conditional on someone not finding a better answer.

What are the shortest and longest complete street names in Montreal (excluding numbered streets)?

By “complete,” I mean including identifiers such as “rue” “avenue” or “boulevard”. For the purposes of this exercise, the French names only will be used.

UPDATE: So far the best guesses are:

Shortest: Rue Ann, Rue Guy, Rue Roy

Longest: Rue du Square Sir-George-Étienne-Cartier

Can anyone top that?

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12 Comments

  1. Corinthian Rick
    Posted June 2, 2008 at 3:04 pm | Permalink

    That Maggy Burgess seemed like an awfully long street name, should just be called Liverpool, as it is on the other wide of W-ton.

  2. Posted June 2, 2008 at 3:36 pm | Permalink

    Shortest : Rue Holt

    Longest : Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine

  3. Posted June 2, 2008 at 3:43 pm | Permalink

    Correction :

    Shortest Name : Rue Ann

    Longest name : Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine

  4. Posted June 2, 2008 at 4:12 pm | Permalink

    My guesses:

    rue Guy

    chemin de la Cote-Sainte-Catherine

  5. Michel K
    Posted June 2, 2008 at 4:46 pm | Permalink

    These aren’t verified so someone may still come up with a better answer

    For shortest, I’m going to say Rue Guy (6 letters)
    For longest, I’m going to say Boulevard de la Rivière-des-Prairies up in RDP.
    (33 letters excluding spaces, including hyphens)

  6. Posted June 2, 2008 at 4:56 pm | Permalink

    these are strong contenders:

    Rue Roy (7)
    Rue du Square Sir-George-Étienne-Cartier (40)

    (The city of Montreal uses that name; google maps removes the “Rue du” part.

    http://evalweb.cum.qc.ca/Role2007actualise/RechAdresse.ASP?IdAdrr=%202276/20/50 )

  7. Posted June 2, 2008 at 4:57 pm | Permalink

    These are strong contenders:
    Rue Roy (7)
    Rue du Square Sir-George-Étienne-Cartier (40)
    (The city of Montreal uses that name; google maps removes the “Rue du” part.)

  8. Posted June 2, 2008 at 5:15 pm | Permalink

    I’ll say Gouin as the longest

    Bérubé (get it BruB) on the Plateau as the shortest.
    Google map here: >>>> http://brub.cc/24

  9. Posted June 2, 2008 at 7:26 pm | Permalink

    boulevard de Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue is probably longer :)

  10. Posted June 2, 2008 at 7:35 pm | Permalink

    rue du Square-Sir-George-Étienne-Cartier!

  11. Peter
    Posted June 3, 2008 at 5:29 pm | Permalink

    Add rue Oak and rue Elm to the shortest list

  12. Posted June 3, 2008 at 8:06 pm | Permalink

    Damn, I think I lost it in the translation longest NAME not longest street. Excusez mon anglais :)

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