page_title: Queen Mary Road
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Queen Mary Road / History
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the original description provided by BAnQ has been retained. Additional descriptive text may be added by Wikimedians with the wiki description = parameter, but please do not modify the other fields. English: We see the Queen Mary Road near the Decarie Boulevard in Montreal. "Tobacco Nuway Shops" is located at the intersection of these two arteries. Français&#160;: Nous voyons le chemin Queen-Mary près du boulevard Décarie à Montréal. «Nuway Tobacco Shops» est situé à l'intersection de ces deux artères.
context_page_description: Queen Mary Road is an east-west road located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
  Queen Mary Road crosses the borough of Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grace and the town of Hampstead and is located on the northwest flank of Mount Royal. The road was named in 1910 in honour of Mary of Teck, who became Queen consort on May 6, 1910, when her husband George V became King of the United Kingdom.
  Saint Joseph's Oratory is located on Queen Mary Road.
context_section_description: In 1900, urban residents could still enjoy the  rural northern flank of Mount Royal by taking the path of the Côte-des-Neiges Road and then Côte-Saint-Luc Road.
  The urbanization of the territory started in 1925 with the connection of different tram lines. The development of public transportation encouraged the construction of numerous tenements along major thoroughfares such as Queen Mary Road, which was then the Snowdon Junction terminus.
  In the 1960s, the Decarie Expressway trench was dug, splitting the road in two, which increased vehicular traffic in the Snowdon neighbourhood.
  In 1981, the Snowdon metro station opened near the site of the old tram terminus. This station is an important transit crossroad because it serves two Metro lines, the Orange Line and the Blue Line, in addition to many buses. Today, Queen Mary Road is still a main focus of the neighbourhood.
caption: Queen Mary Road near Decarie Boulevard in 1943
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