Plateau Mont-Royal was named in 1909 in recognition of its geographic location, as a plateau stretches from the foot of Mount Royal down to Sherbrooke Street. The community has been shaped by craftspeople and workers from the surrounding countryside as well as by successive waves of immigrants. Landowners such as Viger and Papineau, and affluent businessmen like Redpath, McGill and McTavish, along with different religious communities, also contributed to making the Plateau what it is today. Before 1909, the City of Montreal stopped at Duluth Street, and north of that point was real countryside.