Snowdon, Montreal
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Snowdon is the name of a neighbourhood located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce is a borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada-Geography:Located to the north and west of Mount Royal, it was part of the City of Montreal prior to the 2002 municipal mergers...

 borough. The area is centred around the intersection of the Décarie Autoroute
Quebec Autoroute 15
Autoroute 15 is a highway in western Quebec, Canada...

 and Queen Mary Road. The neighbourhood is served by the Snowdon metro station
Snowdon (Montreal Metro)
Snowdon is a station on the Montreal Metro rapid transit system, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is located in the Snowdon neighbourhood of the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...

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Key features in the neighbourhood include the former Snowdon Theatre
Snowdon Theatre (Montreal)
The Snowdon Theatre is a former Streamline Moderne cinema in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, located on Décarie Boulevard in the neighbourhood of Snowdon, in what is now the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce....

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The district was named for James Snowdon, who owned a farm where the neighbourhood now stands.
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