Origin of The Name
Berri-UQAM is named for both Rue Berri, so called since 1663 and named for landholder Simon Després dit Le Berry, and the Université du Québec à Montréal. (The University has taken to using UQAM as its abbreviation which it displays as UQÀM (with a grave accent over the a) as its logo; the metro station retains the UQAM form.)
The station was originally named Berri-de Montigny; rue de Montigny is the former name of boulevard de Maisonneuve in this area.
Small stubs of de Montigny street still survive, in downtown between St-Laurent and St-Urbain and in the suburb Montréal-Est.
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