ORIGIN OF THE NAME

Rue Joliette. Barthélemy Joliette (1789-1850), a notary from L'Assomption, was a representative in the House of Assembly and later of the Legislative Council. In the mid-1820s he founded the village of L'Industrie, now called Joliette.

PLATFORM DEPTH 14,3 m deep (36th deepest station)

TRAFFIC 2 758 766 entrances in 2006 (33rd busiest station)

INTERSTATION DISTANCE

To Préfontaine: To Pie-IX: 383,43 metres 766,88 metres

Image b-joliette.jpg: Barthélemy Joliette, by Vital Desrochers (c. 1838), oil on canvas. Courtesy Musée d'art de Joliette.