Pied-du-Courant Prison
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The Pied-du-Courant Prison is a building in Montreal
, Quebec
near the Saint Lawrence River
and the Jacques-Cartier Bridge.
, the state-owned liquor board in Quebec. It saw the incarceration and execution by hanging of several Patriotes who had fought the Lower Canada Rebellion
. Because of this, it also houses a museum on the history of the Patriotes and a gathering is usually held there on National Patriote Day. Upon the front of its site is found the Monument aux Patriotes by sculptor Alfred Laliberté
. The whole of Pierre Falardeau
's film February 15, 1839
happens at the Prison.
The work of Alfred Laliberté
, the Monument aux Patriotes was unveiled on June 24, 1926. On each its three faces a carved bronze medallion represents patriots Chevalier de Lorimier, Louis-Joseph Papineau
, and Wolfred Nelson
.
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
near the Saint Lawrence River
Saint Lawrence River
The Saint Lawrence is a large river flowing approximately from southwest to northeast in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. It is the primary drainage conveyor of the Great Lakes Basin...
and the Jacques-Cartier Bridge.
Overview
A former prison, it now houses offices of the Société des alcools du QuébecSociété des alcools du Québec
The Société des alcools du Québec , often abbreviated and referred to as SAQ, is a provincial Crown corporation in Quebec.-Organization:...
, the state-owned liquor board in Quebec. It saw the incarceration and execution by hanging of several Patriotes who had fought the Lower Canada Rebellion
Lower Canada Rebellion
The Lower Canada Rebellion , commonly referred to as the Patriots' War by Quebeckers, is the name given to the armed conflict between the rebels of Lower Canada and the British colonial power of that province...
. Because of this, it also houses a museum on the history of the Patriotes and a gathering is usually held there on National Patriote Day. Upon the front of its site is found the Monument aux Patriotes by sculptor Alfred Laliberté
Alfred Laliberté
Alfred Laliberté was a Canadian sculptor and painter based in Quebec. His output includes more than 900 sculptures in bronze, marble, wood, and plaster. Many of his sculptures depict national figures and events in Canada and France like Louis Hebert, François-Xavier-Antoine Labelle, Adam Dollard...
. The whole of Pierre Falardeau
Pierre Falardeau
Pierre Falardeau was a Quebec film and documentary director, pamphleteer and noted activist for Quebec independence.-Profile:Falardeau studied anthropology at university and he taught that subject for a brief period...
's film February 15, 1839
February 15, 1839
February 15, 1839 is a 2001 Quebec historical drama film. Directed by Pierre Falardeau, it is about the incarceration at the Pied-du-Courant Prison and the execution by hanging there of Patriote participants of the Lower Canada Rebellion...
happens at the Prison.
Monument aux Patriotes
The monument is located in the Place of the Patriots, which is in front of the Société des alcools du Québec offices and the site of the old Pied-du-Courant Prison.The work of Alfred Laliberté
Alfred Laliberté
Alfred Laliberté was a Canadian sculptor and painter based in Quebec. His output includes more than 900 sculptures in bronze, marble, wood, and plaster. Many of his sculptures depict national figures and events in Canada and France like Louis Hebert, François-Xavier-Antoine Labelle, Adam Dollard...
, the Monument aux Patriotes was unveiled on June 24, 1926. On each its three faces a carved bronze medallion represents patriots Chevalier de Lorimier, Louis-Joseph Papineau
Louis-Joseph Papineau
Louis-Joseph Papineau , born in Montreal, Quebec, was a politician, lawyer, and the landlord of the seigneurie de la Petite-Nation. He was the leader of the reformist Patriote movement before the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837–1838. His father was Joseph Papineau, also a famous politician in Quebec...
, and Wolfred Nelson
Wolfred Nelson
Wolfred Nelson, was from 1854 to 1856 the mayor of Montreal, Quebec.- Biography :Nelson was born in Montreal the son of William Nelson, an immigrant to Colonial America from Newsham, North Yorkshire, England...
.
Executions
- December 21, 1838
- Joseph-Narcisse CardinalJoseph-Narcisse CardinalJoseph-Narcisse Cardinal was a notary and political figure in Lower Canada. He was the first person executed for taking part in the Lower Canada Rebellion....
- Joseph DuquetJoseph DuquetJoseph Duquet was a notary in Lower Canada. He was executed for his part in the Lower Canada Rebellion....
- Joseph-Narcisse Cardinal
- January 18, 1839
- Pierre-Théophile Decoigne
- François-Xavier Hamelin
- Joseph-Jacques Robert
- Ambroise Sanguinet
- Charles Sanguinet
- February 15, 1839
- Amable Daunais
- François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de LorimierFrançois-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de LorimierFrançois-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier , also known under various shorter names as François-Marie-Thomas de Lorimier, Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier or Chevalier de Lorimier, was a notary who fought as a Patriote and Frère chasseur for the independence of Lower Canada in the Lower Canada...
- Charles HindelangCharles HindelangCharles Hindelang was a French-born military man who fought for the independence of Lower Canada . For these actions, he was hanged by the British authorities...
- Pierre-Rémi Narbonne
- François Nicolas
- December 9, 1881
- Hugh Hayvren
- April 16, 1883
- Timothy Milloy
- December 13, 1901
- J.-E. Laplaine
- June 13, 1902
- Thorval Hansen or Hancon
- November 19, 1909
- John Dillon A.K.A J. Smith
- November 10, 1910
- Timothy Candy
- May 26, 1911
- F. Grivora or Grevola
See also
- Patriote movementPatriote movementThe Patriote movement was a political movement that existed in Lower Canada from the turning of the 19th century to the Patriote Rebellion of 1837 and 1838 and the subsequent Act of Union of 1840. It was politically embodied by the Parti patriote at the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada...
- Quebec nationalismQuebec nationalismQuebec nationalism is a nationalist movement in the Canadian province of Quebec .-1534–1774:Canada was first a french colony. Jacques Cartier claimed it for France in 1534, and permanent French settlement began in 1608. It was part of New France, which constituted all French colonies in North America...
- Quebec independence movement
- History of QuebecHistory of QuebecQuebec has played a special role in Canadian history; it is the site where French settlers founded the colony of Canada in the 17th and 18th centuries.-Paleoindian Era :...
- Timeline of Quebec historyTimeline of Quebec historyThis article presents a detailed timeline of Quebec history. Events taking place outside Quebec, for example in English Canada, the United States, Britain or France, may be included when they are considered to have had a significant impact on Quebec's history....