Sir George-Étienne Cartier Square
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Park
A park is a protected area, in its natural or semi-natural state, or planted, and set aside for human recreation and enjoyment, or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. It may consist of rocks, soil, water, flora and fauna and grass areas. Many parks are legally protected by...
in Montreal
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....
, Canada
Canada
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. It is located in the Saint-Henri
Saint-Henri
Saint-Henri is a neighbourhood in southwestern Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in the borough of Le Sud-Ouest.Saint-Henri is usually considered to be bounded to the east by avenue Atwater, to the west by Autoroute 15, to the north by Autoroute 720, and to the south by the Lachine Canal.- Description...
neighbourhood of the borough of Le Sud-Ouest
Le Sud-Ouest
Le Sud-Ouest is a borough of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Geography:Le Sud-Ouest is an amalgam of several neighbourhoods with highly distinct histories and identities, mainly with working-class and industrial origins, grouped around the Lachine Canal...
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It is a rectangular park with a fountain in the middle, woods in the northern part and a pool in the southern part. It is surounded by rowhouses.
Named after politician George-Étienne Cartier
George-Étienne Cartier
Sir George-Étienne Cartier, 1st Baronet, PC was a French-Canadian statesman and Father of Confederation.The English spelling of the name, George, instead of Georges, the usual French spelling, is explained by his having been named in honour of King George III....
, it was built in 1912 on the site of the old west-end slaughterhouse. When Saint-Henri was annexed of the city of Montreal
Montreal
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in 1905, the construction of this park was an election promise made by Hormidas Laporte
Hormidas Laporte
Sir Hormidas Laporte, PC was a Montreal businessman and financier. He served as Mayor of Montreal from 1904 to 1906.- Biography :...
, the Mayor of Montreal
Mayor of Montreal
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at the time. According to the regulations adopted during the realization of the park, the houses around the park were to be built with stone façades and decorative brick.
Restored in 2003, the fountain that occupies the center of the park was installed for the opening of the park in 1912. The different components of the fountain were ordered by catalog from J. L. Mott Iron Works
J. L. Mott Iron Works
The J. L. Mott Iron Works was established by Jordan L. Mott in New York in the area now called Mott Haven in 1828; the business was continued by his son, J.L. Mott, Jr. The elder Mott specialised in the manufacture of cooking-stoves fueled with anthracite coal...
foundry of New York
New York
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