Historic Well - General Wolfe - Québec, Québec
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This plaque is mounted on a stone structure located on top of a well from which water was taken to General Wolfe who lay dying a short distance away on the Plains of Abraham's battlefield.
Waymark Code: WM154A8
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 10/13/2021
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Inscription on the plaque:
Here stands and remains the
historic 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
Type of Historic Marker: Plaque
Historical Marker Issuing Authority: The National Battlefields Commission
Age/Event Date: 09/13/1759
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