My VAC Account
My VAC AccountThis memorial is dedicated to James Wolfe.
A few steps away from the Wolfe monument is a well in which water is said to have been drawn to succour the dying general. Since the property on which the well is located has changed hands a number of times since the 1759 battle, the well was filled in and cleared out more than once in the 19th century. It was restored in 1932 by the Dominican brothers and was given in 1942 to the National Battlefields Commission, which has since maintained it.
C’EST DANS CE PUITS DUMENT
LOCALISÉ QU’ON VINT PUISER
DE L’EAU POUR LE GÉNÉRAL
WOLFE EXPIRANT A QUELQUES
VERGES D’ICI LE TREIZE
SEPTEMBRE 1759.
CE PUITS FUT RESTAURÉ EN 1931
PAR LES PERES DOMINICAINS
ET OFFERT EN 1942 A
LA COMMISSION DES CHAMPS
DE BATAILLE NATIONAUX.
HERE STANDS AND REMAINS THE
HISTORICAL WELL WHENCE THEY
BROUGHT WATER TO GENERAL
WOLFE LYING FAINT AND DYING
AT A SHORT DISTANCE ON
SEPTEMBER THIRTEENTH 1759.
THIS WELL WAS RESTORED IN
1931 BY THE DOMINICAN
FATHERS AND OFFERED IN 1942
TO THE NATIONAL BATTLEFIELDS
COMMISSION.
front view
Commission de la capitale nationale du Québec
plaque
