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{{short description|Street and pedestrian zone in McGill University's downtown campus in Montréal, Canada}}
[[File:McTavish Street viewed facing south from Doctor Penfield Avenue, Oct 29 2022.jpg|thumb|McTavish Street viewed from Doctor Penfield Avenue, October 2022]]
[[File:Redpath Library in 1935.gif|thumb|McGill's [[Redpath Library]] building as seen from McTavish Street in 1935.]]
'''McTavish Street''' (officially in {{lang-fr|'''Rue McTavish'''}}) is a street in the [[Golden Square Mile]] of [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada. It is named for [[Simon McTavish (fur trader)|Simon McTavish]], whose [[Estate (land)|estate]] once covered the land about it. The street runs up the slope of [[Mount Royal]], from [[Sherbrooke Street]] at its southern end, to [[Pine Avenue]], where its end is marked by [[Sir Hugh Allan]]'s former home, [[Ravenscrag, Montreal|Ravenscrag]].
Adjoining to the main campus of [[McGill University]], as of 28 May 2010 the lower half of the street is a [[car-free zone]].<ref name="gaz">{{cite news|title=McGill students and staff take roadway's shutdown in stride|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/todays-paper/McGill+students+staff+take+roadway+shutdown+stride/3086068/story.html|
Above [[Doctor Penfield Avenue]], the street borders the western edge of the [[McTavish reservoir]].
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