This plaque, erected by the Commission des monuments historiques du Québec, commemorates the defeat of the troops of Louis-Joseph Papineau by the Missisquoi militia and the end of the 1837 hostilities in that region.
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Saint-Armand Missisquoi Militia Memorial
Saint-Armand, Québec
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Inscription
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LE 7 DÉC. 1837, ICI À MOORE'S CORNER, LA MILICE DE MISSISQUOI COMMANDÉE PAR LE CAPITAINE O.J. KEMP, DÉFIT LES PATRIOTES DE PAPINEAU, CONDUITS PAR R.-S.-M. BOUCHETTE, CE QUI MIT FIN AUX TROUBLES DANS CETTE RÉGION
HERE AT MOORE'S CORNER, AS THIS PLACE WAS THEN CALLED, ON DEC. 7, 1837, THE MISSISQUOI MILITIA, UNDER CAPT. O.J. KEMP, DEFEATED PAPINEAU'S "PATRIOTS" UNDER R.S.M. BOUCHETTE, THUS ENDING HOSTILITIES IN THIS REGION
COMMISSION DES MONUMENTS HISTORIQUES DU QUÉBEC
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Location
Saint-Armand Missisquoi Militia Memorial
854 St-Henri Road
Saint-Armand
Québec
Saint-Armand Missisquoi Militia Memorial
854 St-Henri Road
Saint-Armand
Québec
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 45.0325851
Long. -73.0423474
Lat. 45.0325851
Long. -73.0423474