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By Caron, Jean-François
Montmorency Park
Montmorency Park (le parc Montmorency) is located at the top of the Côte de la Montagne, near the Bishop’s Palace and the Old Post Office. It was designated a national historic site in 1949 to commemorate one of the places where the Assemblée législative of the Canadian province met between 1841 and 1866, an important milestone in the history of democracy in Canada. Other events and buildings have enriched the past of this spot, which has been in turn a sacred place where pioneers of New France were buried, a place of religious and civil power, and a strategic military site. Montmorency...
The English version of the Encyclopedia of French Cultural Heritage in North America is online since December 15th, 2009. It features an ever growing number of articles, documents and resources on the heritage of French-speaking North America.
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