Montreal - 325 Years - Montreal, QC, Canada
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Metro2
N 45° 33.648 W 073° 32.986
18T E 613179 N 5046274
This sundial is a gift from the citizens of Rotterdam to the City of Montreal to celebrate the 325th Anniversary of Montreal founding.
Waymark Code: WMWYYX
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 11/01/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member TeamBPL
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This sundial is located in Olympic Park in Montreal...in between the Olympic Stadium and the Planetarium. It was placed here in 1967.

Wikipedia (visit link) informs us:

"Dauversiere hired Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve, then 30, to lead a group of colonists to build a mission on his new seigneury. The colonists left France in 1641 for Quebec, and arrived on the island the following year. On May 17, 1642, Ville-Marie was founded on the southern shore of Montreal island, with Maisonneuve as its first governor. The settlement included a chapel and a hospital, under the command of Jeanne Mance. By 1643, Ville-Marie had already been attacked by Iroquois raids. In the spring of 1651, the Iroquois attacks became so frequent and so violent that Ville Marie thought its end had come. Maisonneuve made all the settlers take refuge in the fort. By 1652 the colony at Montreal had been so reduced that he was forced to return to France to raise 100 volunteers to go with him to the colony the following year. If the effort had failed, Montreal was to be abandoned and the survivors re-located downriver to Quebec City. Before these 100 arrived in the fall of 1653, the population of Montreal was barely 50 people."
Subject: City

Commemoration: 1967

Date of Founding: 1642

Date of Commemoration: 5/17/1967

Address:
Olympic Park Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Detail Photograph:

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