Downtown and Bay Street

Bay Street runs through downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the heart of Toronto's Financial District and is frequently used as a metonym to refer to Canada's financial services industry since taking over for Montreal's St. James Street in the 1970s. Downtown and Bay Street, a lively mix of stores and restaurants, offer some of the greatest duty-free shopping in Nassau. Cruise ship guests throng here to buy jewelry, T-shirts, and perfume, and the straw market and Pirates of Nassau Museum are also located along this stretch.

Bay Street begins in the south at Queens Quay (Toronto Harbour) and finishes in the north at Davenport Road. The original Bay Street only went north to Queen Street West and south to Front Street, where the Grand Trunk rail lines entered Union Station. In the 1920s, sections north of Queen Street were renamed Bay Street after several other streets were combined and gaps filled in to create a new roadway. Terauley Street, the largest of these streets, went from Queen Street West to College Street. Bay Street curves between these two sites. North of College past Grenville Street to Breadalbane Street was St. Vincent Street, which was later bypassed with new alignment to the west leading to a stub now called St. Vincent Lane from Grosvenor Street to Grenville Street.

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Location: Nassau, Bahamas