Cimetière Saint-Louis - Trois-Rivières, Québec
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N 46° 20.700 W 072° 33.116
18T E 688375 N 5135293
[EN] The Saint-Louis cemetery is a Catholic garden cemetery located at 1294 rue Laflèche in Trois-Rivières. [FR] Le cimetière Saint-Louis est un cimetière jardin de confession catholique situé au 1294 rue Laflèche à Trois-Rivières.
Waymark Code: WM18TNH
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 09/25/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member elyob
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"The Saint-Louis cemetery is a Catholic garden cemetery located at 1294 rue Laflèche at the intersection of Boulevard des Forges in Trois-Rivières (Quebec) in Canada. It is the oldest Catholic cemetery still existing in the territory of the city of Trois-Rivières.

History
On August 5, 1862, the Trois-Rivières factory acquired the plot of land on the heights of the Saint-Louis hill and the cemetery opened three years later in 1865. Mgr. Thomas Cooke, the first Trois-Rivières bishop at the head of the Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary which consecrates the place at the request of the churchwardens of the parish of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Virgin.

The first burial occurred in 1866. The remains and bones were subsequently moved there from the old cemetery of the poor (1834-1870) positioned opposite the Ursuline convent to this new cemetery located further north of the city to health reasons at the request of the Ursuline sisters themselves. The former mass grave erected in 1867 bears witness to the religious architecture of the 19th century and is listed as a cultural heritage site in Quebec.

It is in this cemetery that former Quebec Prime Minister Maurice Duplessis was buried and has been buried since his death in 1959."

Sources : The Cemetery

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"Le cimetière Saint-Louis est un cimetière jardin de confession catholique situé au 1294 rue Laflèche à l'intersection du boulevard des Forges à Trois-Rivières (Québec) au Canada. Il est le plus vieux des cimetières catholiques toujours existant sur le territoire de la ville de Trois-Rivières.

Histoire
Le 5 août 1862, la fabrique de Trois-Rivières acquiert la parcelle de terre sur les hauteurs du coteau Saint-Louis et le cimetière ouvre trois ans plus tard en 1865. C'est Mgr Thomas Cooke premier évêque trifluvien à la tête de la Cathédrale de l'Assomption de Marie qui consacre le lieu à la demande des marguilliers de la paroisse de l'Immaculée-Conception de la Sainte-Vierge.

Le premier ensevelissant se produisit en 1866. On y déplaça par la suite les dépouilles et les ossements de l'ancien cimetière des pauvres (1834-1870) positionné face au couvent des Ursulines vers ce nouveau cimetière situé alors plus au nord de la ville pour des raisons sanitaires à la demande des sœurs Ursulines elles-mêmes. L'ancien charnier érigé en 1867 témoigne quant à lui de l'architecture religieuse du XIXe siècle et est répertorié au patrimoine culturel du Québec.

C'est dans ce cimetière que l'ancien premier ministre québécois Maurice Duplessis fut inhumé et repose depuis sa mort en 1959. "

Sources : Le Cimetière

City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Trois-Rivières / Québec / Canada

Approximate number of graves: more than 600

Cemetery Status: Active

Cemetery Website: Not listed

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