Car goes into Back River
A car went into the Back River Sunday morning around 5, after going up St‑Hubert and crossing Park Stanley. Efforts are being made to find the driver who is still missing.
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DeWolf 17:31 on 2024-06-02 Permalink
Does anyone know the etymology of Avenue Park Stanley? It’s strange that “park” is spelled the English way but it’s always written with the French grammar, and the adjacent park isn’t actually named Stanley at all – it’s called the Parcours Gouin.
Ian 17:52 on 2024-06-02 Permalink
As far as the grammar goes it’s no stranger than Square Victoria …
Kate 18:09 on 2024-06-02 Permalink
Les rues de Montréal says it was named after the Stanley Bagg Corporation, which owned and developed land in town, but doesn’t venture into why it’s spelled “Park” and not “Parc”.
The family also gave the name to Bagg Street in the western Plateau, as well as Clark, because the originator of the firm was Stanley Clark Bagg (1820-1873). They also owned a house called Fairmount Villa, whence the name of the street in Mile End.
Book doesn’t explain how they ended up with land on the Back River so far from their usual stomping grounds.
CE 18:35 on 2024-06-02 Permalink
That part of town was cottage country back in the day, I would guess he likely had some sort of vacation home around there.
DeWolf 19:28 on 2024-06-02 Permalink
@Ian Square is a French word, it actually came into English from French (like so many other words). There are lots of squares in Paris.
Ian 20:56 on 2024-06-02 Permalink
Good point, i was thinking of the drive toward francisation but yeah.
Kate 22:57 on 2024-06-02 Permalink
CE, you may be right. I wonder whether their cottage is still there – maybe where the Montreal Zen Centre is now?
MarcG 08:28 on 2024-06-03 Permalink
I didn’t read this whole article but there’s a map of the land they owned which helps make more sense of it. The north end farm looks like it may have overlapped 746 Park Stanley.
Kate 16:19 on 2024-06-03 Permalink
MarcG, that house does have the air of a summer retreat.