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Des Sources station

metro station in Canada

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ30668392 ↗
Source-derived summary

Des Sources (pronounced [de suʁs]) is a Réseau express métropolitain (REM) station in the city of Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada, which opened on 18 May 2026. It is operated by CDPQ Infra and serves as a station of the Anse-à-l'Orme branch of the REM. The site is near the intersection of Des Sources Boulevard, its namesake, and Hymus Boulevard.

Editorial summary

“Des Sources station” enters the record as metro station in Canada. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Sources, station and metro can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2026—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Sources, station and metro.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Des Sources station” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Sources, station and metro provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q30668392. Authority coordinates are 45.477, -73.791. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2026.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Des Sources station”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Des Sources station primary sources, Des Sources station archive and Sources research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Des Sources station”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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This entry incorporates text from “Des Sources station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.