Little Burgundy

Little Burgundy is a neighbourhood in the Sud-Ouest borough of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.GeographyIts approximate boundaries are Atwater Street to the west, Saint-Antoine to the north, Guy Street to the east, and the Lachine Canal to the south.The adjacent neighbourhoods are the borough of Ville-Marie and downtown Montreal to the north and northeast, Griffintown to the southeast, Pointe-Saint-Charles to the south, and Saint-Henri to the west.HistoryThere are differing accounts of the origin of the name Little Burgundy . A surveyor's map of 1855 identifies a property called Bourgogne, owned by the heirs of the Hon. Louis Guy . The property corresponds to the areas bounded today by Rue des Seigneurs, Rue Notre-Dame, Rue Saint-Martin, and Rue Saint-Antoine.Essentially agricultural until 1810, today's Little Burgundy began to be built up the ward of St. Joseph, a faubourg spreading outside the city walls. The area around Richmond Square was built up in 1819.