This plaque, placed in 1992 by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, is dedicated to Sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born career soldier. He entered the British Army and rose to the rank of general. Sir Haldimand was Governor of the Province of Quebec from 1778 to 1786.
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SIR FREDERICK HALDIMAND
(1718-1791)
Frederick Haldimand, soldat de carrière d'origine suisse, s'enrôla dans l'armée britannique en 1755 et fut promu avec le temps au grade de général. En 1758, il combattit à Carillon. Deux ans plus tard, il participa à la prise de Montréal. Gouverneur de la province de Québec de 1778 à 1786, il dirigea la colonie au cours des années difficiles de la Révolution américaine. En 1779, il fit construire le canal de Coteau-du-Lac. À la fin de la guerre d'Indépendance, il s'occupa personnellement de l'établissement des Loyalistes et des Indiens alliés à la Couronne dans la région qui devint le Haut-Canada. Il mourut en Suisse.
Frederick Haldimand, a Swiss-born career soldier, entered the British army in 1755 and rose to the rank of general. In 1758 he served at Carillon and participated in the capture of Montréal two years later. As governor of the Province of Quebec from 1778 to 1786 Haldimand managed the colony through the critical years of the American Revolution. He ordered the construction of the canal at Coteau-du-Lac in 1779, and at the close of the American war personally arranged and supervised the settlement of the Loyalists and Indian allies of the Crown in the region that became Upper Canada. He died in Switzerland.
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Sir Frederick Haldimand Memorial Plaque
Mont-Carmel Street & Porte Street
Québec
Sir Frederick Haldimand Memorial Plaque
Mont-Carmel Street & Porte Street
Québec
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Lat. 46.8109835
Long. -71.2062229
Lat. 46.8109835
Long. -71.2062229
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