The Historian · Marguerite · Montréal
Rue Saint-Paul Est at Place Jacques-Cartier
Rue Saint-Paul, opened in 1672, is the oldest street in Montreal, and Place Jacques-Cartier above it holds a genuine historical provocation: Nelson's Column, raised in 1809 to the British admiral, predates the more famous one in London's Trafalgar Square. That an English naval monument towers over a French-founded city's main square is the conquest, made permanent in stone. Walk it at dawn, before the crowds erase the history.
The city's oldest street, laid out in 1672, with Nelson's Column on the square above — a layered colonial streetscape, best read before the crowds.
— Marguerite, The Historian
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