In Quebec, every named street has an official designation, comprising of a generic (Rue, Chemin, Boulevard, Avenue, Ruelle, Croissant, etc.) and a specific (de Maisonneuve, Sainte-Catherine, René-Lévesque). On signs in Montreal, the specifics are written in large letters and the generic in smaller letters on top.

Where there is no generic, or street type, the default is “Rue”, or “Street”.

There is an exception to this, a named road that has no small type on its street signs (old and new), but that isn’t a “Rue”.

What is it? And what type of street is it?

UPDATE: Couldn’t fool you folks. A bunch of you got it right, but once again COOL FAT MICHAEL 1999 FROM DIRTY JERZY was first: It’s Le Boulevard.

Le Boulevard in Montreal

But it’s also The Boulevard, depending on the sign:

Another sign at the same intersection, only now it's "The Boulevard"

And, in case it was ever in doubt, Le Boulevard is officially classified as a boulevard. Though calling it “Boulevard Le Boulevard” would be incorrect.

Similar exceptions in other towns in Quebec are stranger than that. In St. Jérôme, there’s 1er Boulevard, 2e Boulevard up to 5e Boulevard, but those are classified as streets, as are Grand Boulevard in Ile Perrot, St. Bruno and St. Hubert.

Image from Google Street View

That may look like unexplored prairies beyond, but it will soon become an important traffic link on the island of Montreal. Where is it?

UPDATE: It is, of course, Cavendish Blvd. in St. Laurent, overlooking its coming extension to Henri-Bourassa Blvd. Of course, who knows when it will actually happen. Marc was the first with the right answer and is this week’s winner.

This week’s trivia quiz is from Jean-François Villeneuve:

Where is this?

UPDATE: Craig Silverman gets the first right answer below. It’s Beaubien, just east of Durocher in that area of Outremont between the tracks.

This week’s question based off a suggestion from Jean Naimard:

What is this a somewhat-stylized photo of?

UPDATE: A few of you guessed a cemetery, but COOL FAT MICHAEL 1999 FROM DIRTY JERZY was the first to correctly name it: It’s the entrance to the Mount Royal Funeral Complex, at the end of the chemin de la forêt in Outremont.

What is this blob in the shape of?

UPDATE: This week’s winner is “COOL FAT MICHAEL 1999 FROM DIRTY JERZY”, who correctly guesses that it’s “That bay/inlet thing of Lac St Louis near Pointe-Claire where Pine Park Beach is, by Bayview Hospital.”

In other words, Valois Bay in Pointe-Claire.

Where is this?

UPDATE: Ladyjaye was the first of many of you to get this right: It’s a light from La Vitrine on Ste. Catherine St., just outside Place des Arts.

Another suggestion from a reader: Where in Montreal do a street (“rue”) and avenue of the same name intersect?

Bonus half-points if you want to throw in streets and crescents, streets and boulevards, streets and terrasses, etc., which are much more common.

Alexandra Avenue and Alexandra Street

UPDATE: I should have excluded numbered streets and avenues (too easy). The answer I (and contributor Jean Naimard) had in mind was Alexandra St. and Alexandra Ave. in Little Italy. But I’m sure you can come up with others.

This week’s trivia quiz brought to you by a submission from last week’s winner.

What crazy Montreal intersection is this?

UPDATE: Mike Rivest gets the first correct answer. It’s Victoria Ave. and Jean-Talon St. (and, on the left, Paré St. and Buchan St.)

What is this?

UPDATE: Wow, this one took a full 14 hours. Jean Naimard gets it right, it’s Belvedere Rd. in Westmount. At the top is where it intersects Côte des Neiges, then winding its way up the mountain, making an odd U-turn and heading down to terminate at The Boulevard.