CNHS - Legislature of the Province of Canada - Le parlement de la province du Canada
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N 44° 13.472 W 076° 29.574
18T E 380759 N 4897895
The plaque related to this National Historic Event is located on Stuart Street in Kingston. La plaque reliée à cet événement historique national est située sur la rue Stuart, à Kingston.
Waymark Code: WMEE84
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 05/15/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member BCandMsKitty
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The text on the plaque reads as follows:
Following the union of Upper and Lower Canada in 1841, Kingston was chosen as the capital of the United Province. The new municipal hospital was hurriedly modified to provide temporary legislative chambers and here the three sessions of the first Parliament were held between June 1841 and December 1843. Political pressures and inadequate accommodations led to the decision in 1843 to transfer the seat of Government to Montreal, where the second Parliament met for the first time in November 1844.
Le texte sur la plaque se lit comme suit:
Après l'union du Haut et du Bas-Canada, en 1841, Kingston fut choisie comme capitale. On modifia à la hâte le nouvel hôpital municipal pour qu'il abrite temporairement les chambres législatives. Les trois sessions du premier parlement s'y déroulèrent entre juin 1841 et décembre 1843. A cause de pressions politiques et de l'exiguïté des locaux, on décida de transférer le siège du gouvernement à Montréal, où la seconde assemblée législative se réunit pour la première fois en novembre 1844.
Classification: National Historic Event

Province or Territory: Ontario

Location - City name/Town name: Kingston

Link to Parks Canada entry (must be on www.pc.gc.ca): [Web Link]

Link to HistoricPlaces.ca: Not listed
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