Quebec

Place of interest

Saint-Vallier Street East, Quebec City

Commemorative plaque honoring the militiamen who sacrificed their lives to enable the French army to retreat and safely return to its camp at Beauport following the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. The text recalls this battle between French militiamen and Wolfe's British army, which resulted in a large number of casualties. The plaque was unveiled on August 15, 1997, during a ceremony attended by the Compagnie franche de la marine, members of the Chambly Militia, and the Les Voltigeurs de Québec regiment. The ceremony was followed by celebrations of Acadian National Day.

Honor to the militiamen of 1759

On September 13, 1759, barely an hour after the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, gathered at this location around a bakery, 200 Canadian militiamen and Acadian militiamen confronted, on their own initiative and as a diversion, some 800 soldiers from Wolfe's army. They lost their lives after a fierce battle, but they allowed what remained of the French army to cross the bridge over the Saint-Charles River and return safely to their camp. A year later, in 1760, French troops won the Battle of Sainte-Foy. Sainte-Foy. August 15, 1997

Text written or compiled by Jacques Gaudet and the Acadian Museum of Quebec

Sources: National Capital Commission : www.capitale.gouv.qc.ca
Coalition of Acadian Organizations in Quebec: www.acadiensduquebec.org/miliciens1759.html

© CCNQ, Patricia Brochu | Plaque honoring the militiamen of 1759
https://www.capitale.gouv.qc.ca/histoire-et-patrimoine/commemorations/plaque-honneur-aux-miliciens-de-1759/

Place of interest

73 D’Auteuil Street, Quebec City

Plaque in memory of Augustin-Norbert Morin, lawyer, journalist, politician, and joint premier of the United Province of Canada from 1851 to 1855. He was born in La Durantaye (formerly the parish of Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse) on October 13, 1803. His Acadian ancestors were Pierre Morin dit Boucher and Marie Martin, who first lived in Port-Royal and later in Beaubassin.

In 1856, Judge Augustin-Norbert Morin had a three-story stone house built according to plans by architect Charles Baillairgé. In 1860, merchant Thomas Gibb acquired the residence. In 1876, Amelia Torrance, Thomas Gibb's widow, moved in with her husband, Reverend William B. Clarke. The house, which was vacant in 1890, was sold the following year to Judge Adolphe-Basile Routhier. In 1920, the property was left to Angélique Routhier and sold the following year to notary Joseph-Gérard Verreault. In 1943, the building was divided into eight apartments according to plans by architect Charles-A. Jean. The house is part of the Old Quebec heritage site, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The commemorative plaque is a joint project of the City of Quebec and the Quebec National Capital Commission. It is located on the façade of the house at 73 D’Auteuil Street in Quebec City.

The plaque was unveiled on May 28, 2009, in the presence of Denise Trudel, city councilor and member of the executive committee of Quebec City, and Jacques-Yvan Morin, former minister and great-grandnephew of Augustin-Norbert Morin.

The text on the commemorative plaque reads as follows:

Augustin-Norbert Morin
, 1803–1865

During the 1850s, Augustin-Norbert Morin, born on October 13, 1803, in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, lived here. A lawyer, journalist, and politician, he was the founder of the newspaper La Minerve in 1826, a speaker in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1848 to 1851, and then head of government from 1851 to 1855, jointly with Francis Hincks and then Allan MacNab.

A fervent patriot, Augustin-Norbert Morin was, along with Louis-Joseph Papineau, the main author of the 92 Resolutions in 1834. He devoted the last years of his life to drafting the Civil Code of Lower Canada, which came into effect one year after his death in Sainte-Adèle on July 27, 1865.

QUEBEC NATIONAL CAPITAL COMMISSION
CITY OF QUEBEC

Text written or compiled by Jacques Gaudet and the Acadian Museum of Quebec.

Sources: National Capital Commission: www.capitale.gouv.qc.ca/
Quebec Cultural Heritage Directory: www.patrimoine-culturel.gouv.qc.ca/

© CCNQ, Paul Dionne | The plaque dedicated to Augustin-Norbert Morin
https://www.capitale.gouv.qc.ca/histoire-et-patrimoine/commemorations/plaque-a-augustin-norbert-morin/

Place of interest

260 Langelier Boulevard, Quebec City

The memorial consists of a large sloping area surrounded by low stone walls. It evokes the mass graves in which the victims of this war, including civilians, were buried. A sculpture dominates the ensemble. It was inaugurated on October 11, 2001, under the presidency of Quebec Premier Bernard Landry. A commemorative event was held on September 13, 2009, in memory of the militiamen who defended New France during the War of Conquest. For the occasion, a text was engraved on one of the stones of the memorial.

Seven Years' War Memorial

Between 1755 and 1760, the Seven Years' War claimed more than 2,500 lives in Quebec City. Of of these, at least 1,058 were soldiers and sailors, mainly French, but also Canadians, Acadians, Native Americans, and British, entrusted to the care of the Augustinian Sisters at the General Hospital, succumbed to their wounds or illness.

In accordance with the custom of the time, they were buried in mass graves in and around this cemetery.

This memorial, dominated by Pascale Archambault's work Traversée sans retour (Journey of No Return), commemorates their names. 

Text written or compiled by Jacques Gaudet and the Acadian Museum of Quebec

Source: National Capital Commission : www.capitale.gouv.qc.ca
Coalition of Acadian Organizations in Quebec: www.acadiensduquebec.org/miliciens1759.html

© The Seven Years' War Memorial | Quebec National Capital Commission
https://www.capitale.gouv.qc.ca/histoire-et-patrimoine/commemorations/memorial-de-la-guerre-de-sept-ans/

Place of interest

Parc des Moulins, 8191 Zoo Avenue, Quebec City

This Napoleon-Alexandre Comeau monument is a replica of Godbout's monument.

The bas-relief scenes on the monument depict the hero's exploits: the capture of 57 salmon on July 9, 1874, the double shot by the marksman in a flock of ducks, the visit of the midwife preceded by the stork, and finally, the dramatic crossing of the ice on the St. Lawrence River in 1886.

A humble child of the North, he knew how to read with authority from the great book of nature while serving his people and his country.

Tribute from the Provencher Society of Natural History of Canada

Text written or compiled by the Acadian Museum of Quebec

Place of interest

Vieux-Moulin neighborhood, Beauport borough, Quebec City

The Petit Village des Acadiens is located in the Beauport borough of Quebec City. In its early days, it was bordered to the north by Chemin du Petit Village, to the east by Avenue D'Estimauville, to the south by Rue Évangéline, and to the west by Avenue Monseigneur Gosselin. The construction of Highway 40 in the late 1960s resulted in the boundaries of the Petit Village des Acadiens being moved to the area south of the highway.

Originally, this territory was part of the Village of Giffard, created in 1912, and the parish of Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola, established in 1914. There were no buildings until 1918, when the four Turbide brothers (Albert, Eusèbe, Samuel, and Stanislas), Acadians from the Magdalen Islands, settled there. Albert Turbide was elected councilor for District #6 of the Village of Giffard in February 1936.

Other Acadian families joined the ranks of the Petit Village des Acadiens in 1921, including Édouard Faullem, the Richards, the Jomphe family, the Chevarie family, the Chiasson family, and the Leblanc family. New streets quickly appeared, and in 1935, the Giffard municipal council named them Évangéline and L’Assomption (renamed Bouctouche in 2006 despite opposition from residents). Turbide Avenue was opened in 1948.

The Turbide brothers and their compatriots were responsible for numerous residential constructions and the development of this territory. In his souvenir album, Joseph-Albert Turbide lists 32 houses and 70 households occupied by Acadians and their descendants.

In 1946, to meet the growing needs of the school-age population in the area, a first classroom was opened in the home of Mr. Eusèbe Turbide. A second classroom was opened in 1951, and 1953 marked the construction of L'Assomption School, which had four classrooms. Today, the school's premises are used for preschool and daycare services for students at Marie-Renouard School.

The neighborhood flourished (280 families in 1956). Following efforts by residents, the Archbishop of Quebec issued a decree in February 1956 establishing a chapel (services provided by a priest) in a room at the new Marie-Renouard school. The Notre-Dame de l'Espérance parish was established five years later, in 1961.

The name "Petit Village des Acadiens" (Little Acadian Village) is commonly used in popular parlance and by local residents to refer to this neighborhood. The term "Faubourg des Acadiens" (Acadian Suburb) began to appear in more official documents in 1986.

In 2013, several descendants of the first Acadian families still live in the neighborhood, and many buildings constructed by the first Acadian families still exist, even if they have been converted or modernized. The Acadian presence is still visible in the place names: Évangéline Street, Turbide Avenue, Bouctouche Avenue (formerly Assomption Avenue), Évangéline Park, Sagouine Street, Évangéline Square, and the Évangéline Gardens.

Text written or compiled by Jacques Gaudet and the Acadian Museum of Quebec

Source: Joseph-Albert Turbide, Souvenir Album of the Little Acadian Village, Notre-Dame de l’Espérance Parish, 2011. Notre-Dame de l’Espérance 1961-1986, souvenir album Giffard Parish, souvenir album 1914-1959 Histoire de raconter, the Giffard neighborhood, Beauport borough, 2007 Quebec City, street name directory.

Place of interest

128, Chemin du Roy (Route 138)
Deschambault-Grondines, Quebec

Jean Boudreau (Boudrot), born in Port-Royal, Acadia, escaped deportation with his parents and arrived in Quebec City in 1757. Shortly before 1764, the Boudrot family settled in Deschambault.

In 1775, Jean Boudreau purchased part of the former seigneurial estate of Deschambault and built his first wooden residence there in 1776. Around 1790, he had a stone house built to replace the wooden one.

Jean Boudreau died on August 31, 1827. In 1828, Jean Boudreau's widow was forced to rent the residence to Charles Audet dit Lapointe, who farmed the surrounding land. Towards the end of the 19th century, the residence passed into the hands of Thomas Grantham, who occupied it until his death in 1935.

In 1918, the Quebec government acquired a large portion of the former seigneurial estate of Deschambault and established the Provincial Nursery there. In the early 1930s, it became a farm school. In poor condition, the Jean-Boudreau house was acquired by the government in 1936, restored, and enlarged with a wooden rear annex. The house was occupied until 1982 by the family of the farm school's manager, which had become an agricultural research station.

Abandoned for several years, the residence was converted into an inn in 1987. Today, it is known as Maison Deschambault.

The Jean-Boudreau House was designated a heritage building on July 11, 2005. The protection applies to the exterior envelope of the building as well as the extensive landscaped grounds.

Text written or compiled by Jacques Gaudet and the Acadian Museum of Quebec.

Source:

• www.portneufculturel.com/Bienvenue/images/photoalbumpatrimoinebati/Deschambault-Grondines/DG_128_cheminduRoy.pdf

• www.patrimoine-culturel.gouv.qc.ca/rpcq/detail.do?methode=consulter&id=99055&type=bien#.UbqYbPkz2xV

• www.lamaisondeschambault.com/

Institution

4284 Charles-Bédard Street, Quebec City
www.acadiensduquebec.org

The Coalition des organisations acadiennes du Québec (COAQ) is an organization whose mission is to bring together Acadian associations, organizations, and other groups in Quebec that share the same interests in order to initiate, coordinate, and carry out joint projects and initiatives aimed at increasing the visibility and promotion of Quebec's Acadian identity.

The COAQ was founded on November 17, 2007, during a general meeting attended by a dozen associations. At the beginning of 2013, the COAQ had 16 member associations.

COAQ members are active in several regions of Quebec, from the Outaouais to the Gaspé Peninsula. Some are social associations, some are associations of Acadian families, and others are institutions such as museums, interpretation centers, or historical societies.

The Coalition of Acadian Organizations of Quebec is:

• member of the Federation of Quebec Historical Societies;
• associate member of the Société Nationale de l’Acadie (SNA);
• sits on the Permanent Commission for Consultation between Quebec and Acadia.

Main objectives of the COAQ:

• Strengthen ties and exchanges between Coalition member organizations;
• Encourage and promote ties and exchanges with Acadian organizations and communities outside Quebec;
• Increase the visibility of Quebec's Acadian identity through promotional activities and initiatives both within and outside Quebec.
• Ensure that Acadians in Quebec are permanently represented within the Société Nationale de l’Acadie and, if necessary, within government bodies.

Text written or compiled by Jacques Gaudet and the Acadian Museum of Quebec

Institution

Noël-Brûlart Community Center
1229 Chanoine-Morel Avenue, Quebec City
www.aarq.org

Since 1995,the Association acadienne de la région de Québec (AARQ) has aimed to bring together Quebecers of Acadian origin or descent, develop ties with other Acadians everywhere, promote Acadian culture, and contribute to the promotion of the Canadian and international Francophonie.

In order to achieve its objectives, the AARQ has set up various committees: social activities, genealogy and history, communications and Internet, financing, Francophonie, and youth committee.

Since 1996, it has sponsored the Acadian choir Échos d’Arcadie and published a quarterly newsletter entitled L’AARQ-en-ciel.

Text written or compiled by Rita Cormier de la Garde and the Acadian Museum of Quebec