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 CNHS - Les tours-Martello-de-Québec - Québec Martello Towers Posted by:  Weathervane
N 46° 48.111 W 071° 13.037
19T E 330810 N 5185531
Cette plaque est située à côté de la tour Martello 1, rue Lavigueur, à Québec, This plaque is located next to Martello Tower 1, Lavigueur Street, in Québec City.
Waymark Code: WME9YW
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 04/24/2012
Views: 29
The texte sur la plaque se lit comme suit:
Quatre tours Martello (il en reste trois) faisaient partie des fortifications de Québec, lieu stratégique pour le contrôle de l'intérieur de l'Amérique du Nord. On avait projeté de construire des ouvrages de défense sur la plaine d'Abraham dès le début des années 1790, mais le gouverneur sir James Craig ordonna l'édification des tours seulement après la crise anglo-américaine de 1807. Érigées entre 1808 et 1812, elles devaient empêcher l'agresseur de s'approcher suffisamment pour assiéger la ville. Leur efficacité ne fut jamais éprouvée militairement et, dès les années 1860, elles devinrent désuètes.
The text on the plaque reads as follows:
Four Martello towers (three of which remains) were an integral part of the defences of Québec, the key to the control of the continental interior of North America. Works had been proposed in the Plains of Abraham since the early 1790s, but only after the Anglo-American crisis of 1807 did Governor Sir James Craig order construction of the towers. Built between 1808 and 1812, they were intended to prevent an attacker drawing close enough to lay siege to the walls of Québec. Their effectiveness was never tested in battle, and they became obsolete in the 1860s.
Classification: National Historic Site
Province or Territory: Quebec
Location - City name/Town name: Québec
Link to Parks Canada entry (must be on www.pc.gc.ca): [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca: [Web Link]
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