Childhood home of Wilfrid Laurier - Saint-Lin des Laurentides, Québec, Canada
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N 45° 51.145 W 073° 45.464
18T E 596446 N 5078400
Childhood home of Wilfrid Laurier is located in Saint-Lin des Laurentides, Québec, Canada.
Waymark Code: WMK8AE
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 02/27/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Queens Blessing
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Sir Wilfrid Laurier (20 November 1841 – 17 February 1919), was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911.

This is the house where he lived until 11 years old.

"The second child of Carolus Laurier and Marcelle Martineau, Wilfrid Laurier was born in Saint-Lin, Canada East (today called Saint-Lin-Laurentides, Quebec) on 20 November 1841.

Laurier was the 7th generation of his family in Canada. He was a sixth-generation Canadian. His ancestor François Cottineau, dit Champlaurier came to Canada from Saint-Claud, France. He grew up in a family where politics was a staple of talk and debate. His father, an educated man having liberal ideas, enjoyed a certain degree of prestige about town. In addition to being a farmer and surveyor, he also occupied such sought-after positions as mayor, justice of the peace, militia lieutenant and school board member. At the age of 11, Wilfrid left home to study in New Glasgow, a neighbouring village largely inhabited by immigrants from Scotland. Over the next two years, he had the opportunity of familiarizing himself with the mentality, language and culture of British people. Laurier attended the College of L'Assomption and graduated in law from McGill University." source : (visit link)

Le lieu historique national du Canada de Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier commémore le lieu de naissance de sir Wilfrid Laurier, ancien Premier ministre du Canada. Situé sur la 12e avenue, à Saint-Lin-Laurentides (60 km au nord de Montréal), le lieu a beaucoup changé depuis l’enfance de Laurier et est aujourd’hui constitué d’une petite maison dans le style vernaculaire du Québec, en brique rouge, bâtie sur un lot paysager.

"Wilfrid Laurier, né Henry Charles Wilfrid Laurier le 20 novembre 1841 à Saint-Lin-de-Lachenaie (actuel Québec) et mort le 17 février 1919 à Ottawa en Ontario, est le septième Premier ministre du Canada, poste qu'il occupe du 11 juillet 1896 au 7 octobre 1911. Il est le premier Québécois à accéder au poste de premier ministre canadien.
Ayant fait ses études à l’Université McGill de Montréal, il y obtient un baccalauréat en droit civil en 1866. Le 13 mai 1868, il épouse Zoé Lafontaine (1841-1921) en la cathédrale Saint-Jacques de Montréal.
Souvent considéré comme l'un des grands hommes d'État canadiens, Wilfrid Laurier est bien connu pour ses politiques de réconciliation, de bâtisseur du pays, et de compromis entre francophones et anglophones du Canada. Il défend un partenariat entre gens de ces deux cultures au Canada."
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Name of Famous Person: Wilfrid Laurier

Physical Address: 945, 12e Avenue, Saint-Lin-Laurentides Québec, Canada, J5M 2W4

What is this person famous for?:
Prime minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911


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Personal Experience:
Charming place to visit. You will learn how people were living at that time.


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