Wellington Street | |
Length Km: | 5.7 |
Location: | Montreal |
Direction A: | West |
Terminus A: | Boulevard LaSalle, Verdun |
Direction B: | East |
Terminus B: | Rue McGill, Old Montreal |
Owner: | City of Montreal |
Coordinates: | 45.476°N -73.5602°W |
Wellington Street (officially in French: '''Rue Wellington''') is a north–south thoroughfare located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It starts at LaSalle Boulevard in the borough of Verdun, passes through Pointe-Saint-Charles and Griffintown in the borough of Le Sud-Ouest, and terminates at McGill Street in Old Montreal in the borough of Ville-Marie. Wellington Street spans 5.7km (03.5miles) in length.
De L'Église métro station is located on the street.
Wellington Street is named for Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852), a British field marshal and two-time prime minister of the United Kingdom. The Duke of Wellington is best known for having defeated Napoleon I of France in the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815.[1]
Wellington Street serves as a shopping district for the borough of Verdun and most of the neighbourhood of Pointe Saint-Charles. It is primarily industrial between the railroad tracks in Pointe Saint-Charles and the Bonaventure Expressway. The electrical substation Poste Adélard-Godbout and the de L'Église metro station are sited on the street.