Golden Square Mile
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The Golden Square Mile is the name of a luxurious neighbourhood on the slopes of Mount Royal in the west-central section of downtown Montreal, Canada. From 1850 to 1930 upper class families began to migrate out of Montreal's increasingly congested downtown core and settle into the suburbs. This period saw the development of the city's most beautiful residences in the Golden Square Mile, centred around Sherbrooke Street West (rue Sherbrooke Ouest in French).
The neighbourhood had precise borders measuring roughly a square mile. In the north it bordered Mount Royal and the Canadian Pacific railway tracks. It ended at rue De La Gauchetière to the south. From the west it spanned from av. Atwater to rue De Bleury and av. du Parc to the east.
Residents of the Golden Square Mile played a key role in the development of Canada during the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth. At its peak, in about 1900, 70% of all wealth in Canada was owned by its residents.
[edit] External Links
This link (in French) contains a good many quality pictures of this neighborhood: http://www.imtl.org/montreal.php?start=0&interval=20&sortBy=YEAR&sortType=DESC&TYPE=&resume=2&vsearch=1&kind=1&vsearch=1&expo=GSM
[edit] References
Rémillard, François; & Brian Merrett (1987). Mansions of the Golden Square Mile. Meridian Press. ISBN 2-920417-25-8.
