Crémazie is a station on the Montreal Metro Orange Line, located on the border between the boroughs of Ahuntsic-Cartierville and Villeray/Saint-Michel/Parc-Extension. It was inaugurated on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the metro. A metro station is a railway station for a metro. ... Place-Saint-Henri station The Montreal Metro is the main form of public transportation for the city of Montreal and was the second metro system to be built in Canada, opening 12 years after the Toronto subway. ... The Orange (Line 2) line is one of the four lines of the Montreal metro. ... Villeray is a neighbourhood in the northern part of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in Leap years). ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...

The metro station, designed by Adalbert Niklewicz, is a normal side-platform station, built in tunnel. A large volume serves as the transept, with three of the four platform stairways in enclosed tunnels. The mezzanine serves two entrances, one on each side of the Autoroute Métropolitaine, and both integrated into buildings; the northern access has doors both in front of and behind the building.

A large ceramic mural by Georges Lauda and Paul Pannier, Le poète dans l'univers ("the poet in the universe"), is located on the wall of the large volume, over the Henri-Bourassa platform. It commemorates three famous Quebec poets, Octave Crémazie, Émile Nelligan, and Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, represented by wrought iron masks on the mural. Octave Crémazie (April 16, 1827–January 16, 1879) was a Canadian poet. ... Émile Nelligan (December 24, 1879 - November 18, 1941) was a French language poet from Quebec, Canada. ...

Origin of the name

This station is named for boul. Crémazie, in turn commemorating Octave Crémazie (1827–1879), one of Quebec's most important poets and the author of "Le Drapeau de Carillon." The street was so named in 1914. Octave Crémazie (April 16, 1827–January 16, 1879) was a Canadian poet. ... 1827 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

Connecting Bus Routes

Regular Routes

• 31 Saint-Denis
• 52 Liège
• 53 Bd Saint-Laurent
• 54 Charland/Chabanel
• 56 Saint-Hubert
• 100 Crémazie
• 146 Christophe-Colomb/Meilleur
• 192 Robert
• 460 Métropolitaine

Night Routes

• 361 Saint-Denis

Address of entrances

• Crémazie Nord entrance: 505, boul. Crémazie, at rue Berri
• Crémazie Sud entrance: 490, boul. Crémazie, at rue Berri

Nearby Points of Interest

• Complexe FTQ
• Cégep Ahuntsic
• Claude-Robillard Sports Centre

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External Links

• Société de transport de Montréal (http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m03.htm) - official site
• Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com (http://www.metrodemontreal.com/orange/cremazie/) - photos, information, and trivia