Québec

Province Code
PQ
City/Municipality
Montréal
Memorial Number
24075-033
Type
Address
North-east corner of rue McGill and rue des Fortifications
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
0, 0
Inscription

FROM 1722 UP TO 1817 MONTREAL WAS ENCLOSED WITHIN A FORTIFICATION WALL, 18 FEET HIGH, RUNNING THROUGH THIS LANE AND THENCE ALONG BERRI, COMMISSIONERS AND MCGILL STREETS.

Province
Body Content

This memorial is dedicated to the memory of the fortifications of Montreal.

City
Montréal
Country
Type Description
Plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
3992
City/Municipality
Montréal
Memorial Number
24075-032
Type
Address
1 Clock Tower Quay Street
Location
Old Port of Montreal at the Sailors Memorial Historical Landmark
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.5126301, -73.5459345
Inscription

[front/devant] TO THE HEROISM AND DEVOTION OF OUR SAILORS ON THE WAR OF 1914-1918 ERECTED BY THE HARBOUR COMMISSION OF MONTREAL. WILLIAM G. ROSS, PRESIDENT. FARQUHAR ROBERTSON, BRIG. GEN. A.F. LABELLE, DR. V.L. MCDOUGALD, PRESIDENT, DR. MILTON L. HERSEY, EMILLIEN DAOUST, COMMISSIONERS. 1922. ALSO IN THE WAR 1939-1945. THIS STONE WAS PLACED OCTOBER 31, 1959 BY THE HRH PRINCE OF WALES.

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Fournier Montréal
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Side view
1 of 5 images
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Fournier Montréal
Caption
Inscription
1 of 5 images
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Fournier Montréal
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plaque
1 of 5 images
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Fournier Montréal
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Front view
1 of 5 images
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Photo Credit
Canada. Dept. of Interior / Library and Archives Canada / e008439076 MIKAN #3322787
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Sheds 18 & 19 and Sailors memorial clock tower Montreal c. 1926
1 of 5 images
War or Conflict Term
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Body Content

Sailors Memorial clock tower was erected at the eastern edge of the port in memory of the gallantry of sailors and shipmen who died in the world wars. Forty-five metres high, it marks the entrance to the port. Visitors can climb the 192 steps for a view over Old Montréal and of the St. Lawrence River. The Clock Tower was built between 1919 and 1922 from a design by Montréal-based engineer Paul Leclaire. The clock mechanism was made in England by Gillett and Johnston, and is a replica of Big Ben in London. The tower also served as a lighthouse to guide incoming ships. The structure was originally designed to conceal the unsightly sheds that once lined the quays. La Tour du Souvenir was completed in October 1919.

City
Montréal
Country
Type Description
Tower
Memorial CF Legacy ID
4002
City/Municipality
Montréal
Memorial Number
24075-031
Type
Address
1050 Beaver Hall Hill
Location
Bell Canada
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.5023024, -73.5645474
Inscription

IN MEMORIAM
1939-1945

NORTH ATLANTIC
HONG KONG
DIEPPE
THE RUHR
SICILY
ORTONA

DEDICATED BY
THE MONTREAL EMPLOYEES
OF THE
BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF CANADA
IN HONOUR OF
THEIR COMRADES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES AND OF
THE SIX HUNDRED WHO SERVED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR

NORMANDY
CHANNEL PORTS
THE SCHELDY
NETHERLANDS
NORTHWEST
GERMANY

SOLEMN THE DRUMS THRILL:
DEATH AUGUST AND ROYAL,
SINGS SORROW UP
INTO IMMORTAL, SPHERES.

THERE IS MUSIC IN THE MIDST OF DESOLATION
AND A GLORY THAT SHINES UPON OUR TEARS.
THEY WENT WITH SONGS TO THE BATTLE, THEY WERE YOUNG,
STRAIGHT OF LIMB, TRUE OF EYE, STEADY AND AGLOW.

THEY WERE STAUNCH TO THE END AGAINST ODDS UNCOUNTED,
THEY FELL WITH THEIR FACES TO THE FOE.
THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD, AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD,
AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM, NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN.

AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN
AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

FROM “FOR THE FALLEN” BY LAURENCE BINYON

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Bell Canada
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Second World War Plaque
War or Conflict Term
Province
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Body Content

This plaque was dedicated by Montreal employees of the Bell Telephone Company of Canada in honour of their comrades who gave their lives in the Second World War and the 600 who served.

City
Montréal
Country
Type Description
Plaques - bronze
Memorial CF Legacy ID
6031
City/Municipality
Montréal
Memorial Number
24075-030
Type
Address
150 Saint-Paul Street West
Location
Former Montréal Custom House
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.5031739, -73.554501
Inscription

LE BERCEAU DE MONTREAL.

PAUL DE CHOMEDEY, SIEUR DE
MAISONNEUVE, ÉTABLIT EN CET EN-
DROIT LA FONDATION DE MONTRÉAL,
LE 18 MAI 1642. IL Y CONSTRUISIT
EN 1645 UN FORT DE 320 PIEDS
DE COTÉ QUI FUT REMPLACÉ TRENTE
ANS PLUS TARD PAR LE CHATEAU DE
M. DE CALLIERES, D'OU L'ENDROIT
PRIT LE NOM DE "POINTE-A-CALLIERES".

MONTREAL'S BIRTHPLACE

PAUL DE CHOMEDEY, SIEUR DE
MAISONNEUVE, LAID ON THIS SPOT
THE FOUNDATION OF MONTREAL, ON
18TH MAY, 1642. HE BUILT, IN 1645, A
FORT OF 320 FEET SQUARE, WHICH WAS
REPLACED THIRTY YEARS LATER BY
THE CHATEAU DE M. DE CALLIERES,
AFTER WHOM THE PLACE WAS NAMED
"POINTE-A-CALLIERES".

ÉRIGÉE 1926.

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Photo Credit
Parks Canada, Quebec Service Centre/Parcs Canada, Centre de services du Québec
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surroundings
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plaque
1 of 2 images
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Body Content

This memorial commemorates the location where the foundation of Montreal was laid by Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve. It was erected in 1926.

City
Montréal
Country
Type Description
Plaque - bronze
Memorial CF Legacy ID
6043
City/Municipality
Montréal
Memorial Number
24075-029
Type
Address
129 Saint-Jacques Street
Location
Bank of Montreal Museum
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.504709, -73.5577304
Inscription

1914 ROLL OF HONOUR 1919


IN MEMORY OF
THE MEMBERS OF OUR STAFF
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR

 

C. AITCHISON

G. L. BROWN

B. A. CASSIDY

A. W. CLARKE

W. G. M. COOK

W. H. HALL

E. E. INGALLS

G. W. V. LARICKS

F. J. LARKEN

F. A. LAW

H. G. LEAN

 

G. W. LEMESURIER

S. MacMILLAN

F. F. McGOWEN

E. A. McLENNAN

R. T. N. PAGE

C. W. PARKE

E. B. PEARCE

A. W. PIKE

F. READHEAD

W. H. REDMOND

A. B. ROWE

H. A. SMITH

F. H. C. SNYDER

H. P. SULLIVAN

J. M. WAINWRIGHT

G. E. WASHINGTON

B. M. WEST

W. B. WILSON

C. WOODWARD

L. A. E. WOODWORTH

A. H. YOUNG

 

AND IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO SERVED

B. E. ABBOTT

W. L. AIKEN

T. AITCHISON

D. W. AMBRIDGE

W. E. ARMSTRONG

J. W. ASELTINE

C. F. AYERST

F. M. BADGLEY

H. W. BAINBRIDGE

J. D. C. BARBER

J. H. BARKLEY

T. BARNES

J. O. BAXTER

R. BAXTER

G. J. BEACH

H. N. BECKER

E. BEINGESSNER

J. H. BELANGER

R. M. BELL

W. E. BICKLEY

N. G. BINKLEY

E. N. BISH

F. H. BISHOP

J. J. BLACK

E. S. BOLTON

T. G. BORIGHT

J. C. V. BOWER

G. M. BRADFIELD

E. J. BRIDGWATER

C. C. P. BROW

W. S. BROWN

J. J. BUCHANAN

R. C. M. BUNNEY

J. C. CAMPBELL

G. CARLISLE

J. S. CARMICHAEL

W. G. CARROLL

I. J. CARSON

S. A. CASSELMAN

J. K. CASSELS

W. E. E. CHAMBERLAIN

W. CHARTERS

A. E. CHEVAL

R. W. CLANCY

F. E. L. CLARK

R. A. COCHRANE

W. C. COCHRANE

C. T. COLE

W. G. COLE

D. S. COONS

A. T. CORNER

A. COTTINGHAM

H. H. COTTON

S. N. COULING

J. A. CYR

J. M. W. DANEAU

C. W. DARCY

L. M. DAVIDSON

J. G. DAVIS

F. E. DEEKS

C. E. DOWDING

J. O. DUBE

B. J. DUNLEVY

J. G. DUVAL

R. P. EGERTON

R. EGGEN

J. ELLIOTT

D. L. ENGLAND

J. C. FENN

J. H. FENTON

S. G. FISHER

G. B. FITTON

A. D. FLUKER

J. J. B. G. FORGET

W. H. FOWLER

C. E. FRENCH

J. H. FRENCH

R. L. FULLERTON

C. A. GAISER

J. G. GARNEAU

G. G. GILLARD

R. M. L. GLADNEY

S. E. GLADWELL

G. GOETZ

L. E. GREIG

C. S. GRENACHE

W. GRIFFITHS

H. B. GRIGG

J. A. GUILMET

E. A. GUY

C. S. HALL

E. H. HARDEN

A. W. C. HARE

G. T. HARRIS

H. D. HELSTROP

L. J. HENDRY

F. W. HEWGILL

J. N. HEWTON

H. B. HILL

E. E. G. HOAG

C. W. HODGSON

J. F. HOULE

W. A. HUTCHINGS

C. S. JACKSON

W. D. JAMES

D. D. JAMESON

W. B. JEAKINS

G. M. JENNER

H. B. JOHNSON

F. A. JOHNSTON

O. T. JOHNSTON

F. R. JONES

R. J. KALBFLEISCH

C. W. KING

L. R. LaFLECHE

C. H. H. LAING

R. LAPORTE

H. S. LEACH

L. F. LEASK

W. J. LEIGH

T. H. LEVESQUE

E. C. LITTLE

H. J. MacDONNELL

D. MacGREGOR

A. P. S. MacLEAN

J. MACLEAN

P. F. MAURER

A. P. MECHIN

C. M. MEYER

J. W. MICHEL

E. C. MILLER

A. R. MITCHELSON

A. J. MOAG

J. M. A. MONARQUE

P. A. C. A. MORAN

M. D. MORRISON

R. B. MOYSEY

J. L. McALPINE

R. H. C. McEWEN

T. H. McGORMAN

D. R. McKAY

J. E. McLEOD

T. F. McMACKON

C. D. NADEAU

W. D. NELSON

G. C. NEVILLE

W. G. NICHOL

 

F. A. PARKER

W. J. PICKFORD

W. K. POPE

L. E. A. PRESTON

F. A. PRINGLE

W. S. PRINGLE

J. D. A. PRUDHOMME

G. H. RAICHE

C. A. RAYMOND

J. W. RIBEY

F. H. RICE

T. L. RIVERS

A. B. ROBERTSON

H. C. ROCK

J. L. ROUTLEDGE

F. W. ROWE

J. V. RYAN

J. G. SANDERS

A. C. SCOTT

F. E. SHADDOCK

R. I. SHARRATT

W. E. SHAW

C. P. SHEPHERD

T. F. SIMPSON

R. H. SIMS

B. SINGLETON

E. E. STEELE

T. H. STRAIN

J. L. R. SUTCLIFFE

D. D. TROTTER

W. G. UNDERHAY

J. H. VAN SLYKE

D. H. WALKER

H. W. WALKER

F. S. WALLACE

J. F. WALSH

R. V. WATERS

C. R. M. WEBBE

A. M. WEDDELL

B. G. WEEGAR

G. D. WERT

H. M. WHITMORE

L. H. C. WILKEN

W. G. WILLIAMS

K. G. WILLIAMSON

A. K. WILSON

B. A. WILSON

G. D. WOODCOCK

F. C. WOOLLEY

 

  R. P. WORTHINGTON  
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Photo Credit
BMO Financial Group
Caption
Roll of Honour
War or Conflict Term
Province
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Body Content

The head office of Molsons Bank, which the Bank of Montreal acquired in 1925, was formerly located on Saint Jacques Street. The Molsons Bank First World War Roll of Honour comes from this former head office. It was installed at the BMO Main Branch on April 2, 2008.

City
Montréal
Country
Type Description
Roll of Honour
Memorial CF Legacy ID
7636
City/Municipality
Montréal
Memorial Number
24075-028
Type
Address
111 Saint-Paul Street West
Location
On the facade of the building at 111 Saint-Paul Street West
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.5040976, -73.5546077
Inscription

[plaque to the left of doors/plaque à gauche des portes]
ICI NAQUIT CHARLES LE MOYNE, FILS
(1656-1729), PREMIER BARON DE LONGUEUIL,
ET SEIGNEUR DE BELOEIL, MAJOR DANS
L'ARMÉE COLONIALE, GOUVERNEUR DE
MONTRÉAL ET LIEUTENANT DU ROI EN
NOUVELLE-FRANCE.

MINISTÈRE DES AFFAIRES CULTURELLES
COMMISSION DES MONUMENTS HISTORIQUES

[plaque to the right of doors/plaque à droite des portes]
ICI VIVAIT LA FAMILLE DE CHARLES
LE MOYNE DE LONGUEUIL (1626-1685),
COLLABORATEUR DE MAISONNEUVE.

QUATORZE ENFANTS SONT NÉS DE
SON MARIAGE AVEC CATHERINE
THIERRY-PRIMOT ET LA PLUPART
ONT ILLUSTRÉ LES ANNALES DE LA
NOUVELLE-FRANCE.

MINISTÈRE DES AFFAIRES CULTURELLES
COMMISSION DES MONUMENTS HISTORIQUES

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Jacinthe Choinière
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front view
1 of 3 images
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plaque
1 of 3 images
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plaque
1 of 3 images
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Body Content

This memorial commemorates the location where Charles Le Moyne and his family once lived. It was erected by the "Ministère des affaires culturelles and the Quebec Historical Monuments Commission.

City
Montréal
Country
Type Description
Two plaques
Memorial CF Legacy ID
6042
City/Municipality
Montréal
Memorial Number
24075-027
Type
Address
275 Notre-Dame Street East
Location
On the facade of the Montreal City Hall
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.50887, -73.55421
Inscription

PLACE VAUQUELIN

PARTIE DE FIEF CONCÉDÉ
EN 1658 À LAMBERT CLOSSE,
LIEUTENANT DE MAISONNEUVE
ET UN DES PREMIERS COLONS
DE MONTRÉAL. CÉDÉ AUX
JÉSUITES EN 1692, PUIS À LA
COURONNE EN 1763. PRISON
COMMUNE DE 1783 À 1836, ON
Y EXPOSAIT LES CRIMINELS.
PLACE PUBLIQUE DEPUIS 1858.

PART OF THE FIEF GIVEN
IN 1658 TO LAMBERT CLOSSE,
LIEUTENANT OF MAISONNEUVE
AND ONE OF THE FIRST COLONISTS
OF MONTREAL. THIS LAND WAS
CEDED TO THE JESUITS IN 1692
AND PASSED TO THE CROWN IN 1763.
SITE OF THE CITY JAIL IN 1836,
WHERE CRIMINALS WERE PUT ON
VIEW. A PUBLIC SQUARE SINCE 1858.

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Photo Credit
Jacinthe Choinière
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plaque
Province
Body Content

This memorial commemorates the history of Place Vauquelin.

City
Montréal
Country
Type Description
Plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
6160
City/Municipality
Montréal
Memorial Number
24075-026
Type
Address
10 Saint-Jacques Street West
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.5062226, -73.5562407
Inscription

JE ME SOUVIENS

SOUS LE RÉGIME FRANCAIS LE
TRIBUNAL CIVIL ET MILITAIRE
SIÉGEAIT ICI. SUR LE MEME
EMPLACEMENT FUT ÉRIGÉE,
EN 1814, LA CHRIST CHURCH
INCENDIÉE EN 1856.

COMMISSION DES MONUMENTS HISTORIQUES

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Photo Credit
Jacinthe Choinière
Caption
front view
1 of 2 images
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Caption
plaque
1 of 2 images
Province
Body Content

This memorial erected by the Quebec Historical Monuments Commission commemorates this historic site.

City
Montréal
Country
Type Description
Plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
6041
City/Municipality
Montréal
Memorial Number
24075-025
Type
Address
500 place d'Armes
Location
Place d'Armes, across from the National Bank
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
45.5045596, -73.5569513
Inscription

[main shaft/socle principal]
MAISONNEUVE
1642

VOUS ETES LE GRAIN
[The balance of the wording is not clear in the photo./Le reste du texte n'est pas clair sur la photo.]

THE CITIZENS OF MONTREAL

GRATEFUL

1895

 

CLOSSE

LEMOYNE




JEANNE MANCE

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Photo Credit
Jacinthe Choinière
Caption
front and side view
1 of 4 images
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Caption
Closse statue
1 of 4 images
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Caption
Lemoyne statue
1 of 4 images
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Caption
Jeanne Mance statue
1 of 4 images
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Body Content

This memorial is dedicated to Maisonneuve, Closse, LeMoyne, and Jeanne Mance.

City
Montréal
Country
Type Description
Statue
Memorial CF Legacy ID
6040
City/Municipality
Montréal
Memorial Number
24075-024
Type
Address
Current location unknown
Location
Formely located in Place D'Armes
in Canada
Yes
GPS Coordinates
0, 0
Inscription

PAUL DE CHOMEDEY DE MAISONNEUVE
(1612-1676)

A la tête d'un groupe d'une cinquantaine de personnes,
Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve, officier né en Champagne,
fonda Ville-Marie le 17 mai 1642. Ayant subi l'influence du
courant mystique issu de l'école de spiritualité française et
des écrits des Jésuites, il fut choisi par la Société Notre-Dame
de Montréal, formée de laïcs et de prêtres, pour établir une
colonie missionnaire au Canada. Une vie d'épreuves et de
combats épuisants commençait pour les <<Montréalistes>>.
Premier gouverneur de l'île de Montréal, Maisonneuve jeta
les bases de la métropole qu'est devenue Montréal.

Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve, a military officer born
in Champagne, France, was the first Governor of the Island
of Montréal. Influenced by the spiritual climate of the age
and by the writings of the Jesuits, he accepted a call from the
Société Notre-Dame de Montréal, an association of devout
laymen and priests, to establish a missionary colony in
Canada. On 17 May 1642, he and a party of fifty people
founded Ville-Marie. Although years of hardship and strife
followed for the pioneer settlers, Maisonneuve had laid the
foundations upon which the metropolis of Montréal was
built.

Commission des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada

Gouvernement du Canada - Government of Canada

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Photo Credit
Jacinthe Choinière
Caption
front and side view
1 of 2 images
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Caption
plaque
1 of 2 images
Province
Body Content

This memorial is dedicated to Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve. It was erected by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.

City
Montréal
Country
Type Description
Plaque
Memorial CF Legacy ID
6159