Wellington Street is an east-west thoroughfare located in Montreal

Montreal

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, Quebec

Quebec

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, Canada

Canada

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. It starts at LaSalle Boulevard in the borough of Verdun, passes through Pointe-Saint-Charles

Pointe-Saint-Charles

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 and Griffintown

Griffintown

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 in the borough of Le Sud-Ouest

Le Sud-Ouest

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, and terminates at McGill Street

McGill Street

-British Columbia:* McGill Street, in Vancouver, British Columbia...

 in Old Montreal

Old Montreal

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 in the borough of Ville-Marie. Wellington Street spans 5.7 km (3.5 mi) in length.

Wellington Street is named for Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was an Irish-born British soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century...

 (1769-1852), a British

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 Field Marshal

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 and two time Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

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. The Duke of Wellington is best known for having defeated Napoleon I

Napoleon I

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 of France

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 in the Battle of Waterloo

Battle of Waterloo

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 in June 1815.

Wellington Street serves as a shopping district for the borough of Verdun and most of the neighbourhood of Pointe Saint-Charles. It is primarily industrial

Industry

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 between the railroad tracks in Pointe Saint-Charles and the Bonaventure Expressway.