Sherbourne Street, Toronto
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Sherbourne Street is a roadway in Downtown Toronto.[1] It is one of the original streets in the old city of York, Upper Canada. It starts at Queen's quay, and heads north to South Drive. It is two lanes for its entire length, though the part south of Bloor has bike lanes.
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Length | 3.65 km (2.27 mi) | ||||||
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South end | Queens Quay | ||||||
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North end | South Drive | ||||||
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Country | Canada | ||||||
Province | Ontario | ||||||
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It was named by Samuel Smith Ridout (son of Thomas Ridout) in 1845 after the town in Dorset, England; the Ridout family emigrated from Sherborne to Maryland in 1774.[2] Before 1845 the short stretch from Palace Street (now Front Street East) to Duchess Street (now Richmond Street) was called Caroline Street.