Wolfe-Montcalm Monument
Municipality/Province: Québec, QC
Memorial number: 24051-014
Type: Obelisk
Address: 7 Carrières Street
Location: Governors' Garden
GPS coordinates: Lat: 46.8111559 Long: -71.2049369
Submitted by: Commission de la capitale nationale du Québec. Parks Canada/Parcs Canada. Rodolphe Fournier.
The Wolfe-Montcalm Monument was unveiled on 8 September 1828, as requested by Governor Lord Dalhousie. It is dedicated to Marquis Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and General James Wolfe, who both died at the same battle but on opposite sides. The inscription on the top plaque translates as: "Their courage brought them the same end, the same fame; posterity, the same monument".
On April 12, 2010, Parks Canada historical restorers started dismantling the monument. They were assisted by Genivar, the engineering firm responsible for labelling and measuring the stones. The Wolfe-Montcalm Monument was rebuilt, mainly using new stones and restored its original beauty and sturdiness.
Inscription found on memorial
[upper plaque/plaque du haut]
MORTEM. VIRTUS. COMMUNEM. FANAM. HISTORIA. MONUMENTUM. POSTERITAS. DEDIT.
[lower plaque/plaque du bas]
HUJUSCE MONUMENTI IN MEMORIAM ILLUSTRIUM WOLFE ET MONTCALM FUNDAMENTUM P.C. GEORGIUS COMES DE DALHOUSIE IN SEPTENTRIONALIS AMERICAE PARTIBUS AD BRITANNOS PERTINENTIBUS SUMMAM RERUM ADMINISTRANS
OPUS PER MULTOS ANNOS PRAETERMISSUM (QUID DUCI EGREGIO CONVENIENTIUS!) AUCTORITATE PROMOVENS, EXEMPLO STIMULANS MUNIFICENTIA FOVENS DIE NOVEMBRIS Xva A.D. MDCCCXXVII GEORGIO IV BRITANNIARUM REGE.
Street view
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