Rue de la Savane. This street already existed by this name in 1778, when a map shows it joining the north end of the chemin de la Côte-des-Neiges and the montée de Saint-Laurent. It no doubt derived its name from having passed through or near either an open plain, or a swamp (savane in Québécois French). Also called chemin de la Petite-Liesse, it was renamed rue Saint-Jean-Baptiste at an unknown date, then rue Boudrias in 1912 and rue de Namur in 1914, and finally returned to the name rue de la Savane on 14 March 1947.
Former alternate name: Savane.
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