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Many of the oldest streets of Shawinigan were numbered, like the streets of Manhattan, New York. Similarly, Avenue Broadway was named after the famous Manhattan thoroughfare.
Several other streets and avenues were named to honor famous people, including:
- George-Étienne Cartier
- Samuel de Champlain
- Dollard des Ormeaux
- Peter Julian Eymard
- Comte de Frontenac
- King George V
- Lomer Gouin
- Victor Hugo
- Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville
- Marshal Joseph Joffre
- Pope John XXIII
- Curé Labelle
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- Monsignor Louis-François Laflèche
- Sieur de La Salle
- Wilfrid Laurier
- Calixa Lavallée
- Honoré Mercier
- Marquis de Montcalm
- Pierre Laporte
- Cardinal Richelieu
- Basile Routhier
- Jean Talon
- Major General Georges Vanier
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