René Lévesque Boulevard Montreal

Known as “Dorchester Boulevard” from 1844 in honour of Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (1724–1808), Governor General of Canada. Shortly after Jean Drapeau was elected mayor in 1954, his administration demolished much of the street and widened into an eight-lane boulevard. The name was changed in 1987 after the death of Quebec premier René Lévesque.