- Pied-du-Courant Prison
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Pied-du-Courant Prison 
The prison, Monument aux Patriotes and a part of wallLocation Montreal Coordinates 45°31′25″N 73°32′47″W / 45.5236°N 73.5465°WCoordinates: 45°31′25″N 73°32′47″W / 45.5236°N 73.5465°W Status Closed Opened 1835 Closed 1912 Managed by Société des alcools du Québec 
Monument aux Patriotes, by Alfred Laliberté
The Pied-du-Courant Prison is a building in Montreal, Quebec near the Saint Lawrence River and the Jacques-Cartier Bridge.
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Overview
A former prison, it now houses offices of the Société des alcools du Québec, the state-owned liquor board in Quebec. It saw the incarceration and execution by hanging of several Patriotes who had fought the Lower Canada Rebellion.[1] Because of this, it also houses a museum on the history of the Patriotes and a gathering is usually held there on National Patriote Day. Upon the front of its site is found the Monument aux Patriotes by sculptor Alfred Laliberté. The whole of Pierre Falardeau's film February 15, 1839 happens at the Prison.
Monument aux Patriotes
The monument is located in the Place of the Patriots, which is in front of the Société des alcools du Québec offices and the site of the old Pied-du-Courant Prison.
The work of Alfred Laliberté, the Monument aux Patriotes was unveiled on June 24, 1926. On each its three faces a carved bronze medallion represents patriots Chevalier de Lorimier, Louis-Joseph Papineau, and Wolfred Nelson.
Executions
- December 21, 1838
- January 18, 1839
- Pierre-Théophile Decoigne
- François-Xavier Hamelin
- Joseph-Jacques Robert
- Ambroise Sanguinet
- Charles Sanguinet
- February 15, 1839
- Amable Daunais
- François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier
- Charles Hindelang
- Pierre-Rémi Narbonne
- François Nicolas
- December 9, 1881
- Hugh Hayvren
- April 16, 1883
- Timothy Milloy
- December 13, 1901
- J.-E. Laplaine
- June 13, 1902
- Thorval Hansen or Hancon
- November 19, 1909
- John Dillon A.K.A J. Smith
- November 10, 1910
- Timothy Candy
- May 26, 1911
- F. Grivora or Grevola
Notable inmates
- Félix Poutré
See also
- Patriote movement
- Quebec nationalism
- Quebec independence movement
- History of Quebec
- Timeline of Quebec history
Gallery
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Sketch by André Jobin, 1838
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The prison in 1839
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An execution in 1839
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Governeur house
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References
- ^ La prison du Pied du Courant (In French)
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