This memorial is dedicated to the memory of the Lachine Massacre and was erected in 1935 by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.
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MASSACRE DE LACHINE
DANS LA NUIT DU 4 AU 5 AOÛT 1689, QUINZE CENTS IROQUOIS DÉBARQUÈRENT À LACHINE ET SE PLACÈRENT EN PELOTONS À TOUTES LES MAISONS DE LA CÔTE. A UN SIGNAL DONNÉ, LE MASSACRE COMMENÇA. DEUX CENTS PERSONNES PÉRIRENT, CENT VINGTS FURENT AMENÉES EN CAPTIVITÉ. L'AN 1689 FUT LONGTEMPS NOMMÉ: "L'ANNÉE DU MASSACRE".
LACHINE MASSACRE
DURING THE NIGHT OF THE 4-5 AUGUST, 1689, FIFTEEN HUNDRED IROQUOIS LANDED AT LACHINE AND PLACED THEMSELVES IN SMALL GROUPS NEAR ALL THE HOUSES ALONG THE SHORE. AT A GIVEN SIGNAL THE MASSACRE BEGAN
TWO HUNDRED PERSONS PERISHED AND ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY WERE TAKEN INTO CAPTIVITY. THE YEAR 1689 WAS LONG KNOWN AS "THE YEAR OF THE MASSACRE".
A.D. 1935
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Location
Lachine Massacre Memorial
1255 Saint-Joseph Boulevard
Lachine
Lachine Massacre Memorial
1255 Saint-Joseph Boulevard
Lachine
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 45.4317977
Long. -73.6753224
Lat. 45.4317977
Long. -73.6753224
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