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Originally Posted by lio45
The two 1-series provincial highways that intersect in (downtown) Sherbrooke are King Street (Route 112) (named after William IV) and Queen Victoria Blvd (Route 143) 
That's not particularly rare or noteworthy. Quebec grew a lot between 1760 and the Quiet Revolution; that growth often has a British flavor, for obvious reasons. |
If you look at the older streets and especially wealthier areas of almost anywhere in Quebec, you will see street names in English and many British/Irish names. And this includes places that are 95-99% francophone. You'll see rue Birch for example instead of rue des bouleaux.
Just go on Google Maps and look at the old Noranda neighbourhood of Rouyn-Noranda or the Bourlamaque neighbourhood of Val-d'Or as examples. Val-d'Or even has street names that are TOTALLY in English which were kept for historical purposes I believe. Two of the ones that come to mind are Perry Drive and Sigma Road. They are not signed as Promenade Perry or Chemin Sigma or in bilingual format. They are signed in English! Val-d'Or also has a number of signs like in Timmins where it just has the street name but doesn't show rue, avenue, boulevard, etc..