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{{Short description|Street in Montreal, Canada}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox street
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| part_of = {{jct|province=QC|R|138}} up to Cavendish Boulevard
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| length_km = 31.3
| location = [[Island of Montreal]]
| coordinates ={{coord|45|30|29|N|73|34|16|W}}▼
| direction_a = West
| construction_start_date =1817▼
| terminus_a = Avenue Westminster, [[Montreal West, Quebec|Montreal West]]
| direction_b = East
| junction = {{jct|province=QC|A|15}} Décarie Highway<br>{{jct|province=QC|TCH|25}} L.-H. Lafontaine Expressway<br>{{jct|province=QC|R|335}} Saint Denis Street<br>{{jct|province=QC|R|134}} De Lorimier Avenue & Papineau Avenue
| terminus_b = [[Notre-Dame Street]], [[Pointe-aux-Trembles]]
▲| construction_start_date = 1817
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[[Image:Fort de la Montagne1.JPG|thumb|[[Fort de la Montagne|Fort Belmont]] 1685]] ▼
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▲[[Image:Fort de la Montagne1.JPG|thumb|Fort Belmont 1685]]
[[File:Kildonan Hall, Montreal.jpg|thumb|Kildonan Hall in the [[Golden Square Mile]] was typical in style of the houses that lined west Sherbrooke Street in the 1840s]]
'''Sherbrooke Street''' (officially in {{lang-fr|'''rue Sherbrooke'''}}) is a major
The street is divided into two portions. ''Sherbrooke Street East'' is located east of [[Saint Laurent Boulevard]] and ''Sherbrooke Street West'' is located west. Sherbrooke Street West is home to many historic mansions that comprised its exclusive [[Golden Square Mile]] district, including the now-demolished [[Van Horne Mansion]], the imposing [[Beaux-Arts style]] [[Montreal Masonic Memorial Temple]] as well as several historic properties incorporated into [[Maison Alcan]], the world headquarters for [[Alcan]].<ref name="Dutton">{{cite book|title=A Guidebook to Contemporary Architecture in Montreal|publisher=Douglas & Mcintyre|author=Dutton, Nancy|year=2008|pages=26–27|isbn=978-1553653462|chapter-url=
Sherbrooke Street East runs along the edge (both administrative and topographic) of the [[Plateau Mont-Royal]], at the top of a marked hillside known as Côte à Baron, and continues between the [[
A separate street of the same name exists in [[Lachine, Quebec|Lachine]]; it does not carry the "West" suffix and repeats numbers that are used on the longer Sherbrooke Street.
==History==
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In 1817, Sherbrooke Street initially consisted of two sections, from [[Park Avenue, Montreal|de Bleury Street]] to Sanguinet Street. Its relative remoteness from "downtown" (at the time; now [[Old Montreal]]) made it difficult to establish industries or factories. Many nursing homes and educational institutions were established on the street in the
From the early
Sherbrooke Street was
In 1976, the street was to be venue for an
==Educational institutions==
Three of Montreal's four major universities are
==Transportation==
All Montreal Metro [[Green Line (Montreal Metro)|Green Line]] stations east of [[Assomption station]] are located under the street. There is also an [[Orange Line (Montreal Metro)|Orange Line]] [[Sherbrooke station|station]] at [[Berri Street]]. The street is primarily served by [[24 Sherbrooke]], [[105 Sherbrooke]], 185 Sherbrooke and 186 Sherbrooke Est.
AMT's [[Montreal-Ouest station]] is located near the southern end of the street.
==Attractions==
Other key attractions on the street include the [[Montreal Museum of Fine Arts]], [[Grand Séminaire de Montréal]], [[McCord Museum]], [[Ritz-Carlton Montreal]], [[Holt Renfrew]], [[Parc Lafontaine]], and further east, the [[Château Dufresne]], [[Olympic Stadium (Montreal)|Olympic Stadium]], [[Montreal Botanical Garden]] and the [[Montreal Biodome]].
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==Image gallery==
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==References==
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[[Category:Streets in Montreal]]
[[Category:Montreal West, Quebec]]
[[Category:Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce]]
[[Category:Westmount]]
[[Category:Downtown Montreal]]
[[Category:Le Plateau-Mont-Royal]]
[[Category:Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie]]
[[Category:Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve]]
[[Category:Montréal-Est, Quebec]]
[[Category:Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles]]
[[Category:Shopping districts and streets in Canada]]
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