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| | Old Montreal / Central Rue Notre-Dame West |
 | | In 1672, Dollier de Casson, Father Superior of the Sulpicians, and Bénigne Basset, a notary and surveyor, drew up a plan for the streets of Montréal, incorporating those already laid out under de Maisonneuve. |
 | | Here you are visiting the central section (to the west of boulevard Saint-Laurent) of this historical artery, which has never stopped changing down through the years. |
 | | When the fortifications were still standing, prominent citizens took up residence on Notre-Dame, including explorer Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Luth (who gave his name to Duluth, Minnesota) and, slightly farther east, the Sieur de Lamothe-Cadillac, founder of Detroit, Michigan, and the Sieur de la Vérendrye, who explored the West. |
| vieux.montreal.qc.ca /tour/etape18/eng/18fena.htm (164 words) |
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