Roncesvalles Avenue
Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Roncesvalles Avenue is a north–south minor arterial street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It begins at the intersection of Queen Street West, King Street West and the Queensway running north to Dundas Street West. At its southern starting point, King Street West traffic continues northward onto Roncesvalles Avenue unless the traffic turns east or west onto Queen Street West or the Queensway. At its northern end point, traffic continues onto Dundas Street, which is essentially a straight-line northern extension of Roncesvalles.
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Roncesvalles Avenue | |
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Route information | |
Maintained by City of Toronto government | |
Major junctions | |
South end | Queen Street / The Queensway (continues as Roncesvalles Avenue) |
North end | Dundas Street |
Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Ontario |
Highway system | |
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Roncesvalles Avenue takes its name from the Battle of Roncesvalles, which took place in the Roncesvalles Pass in Spain in 1813. (The name 'Roncesvalles' means 'valley of thorns' in Spanish.) At this gorge, Colonel Walter O'Hara—an early 19th-century Irish settler who played a significant role in the establishment of the neighbourhood—led a regiment that fought against the retreating army of Napoleon.[1]