John Young Monument
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The John Young Monument is a monument of sculptor Louis-Philippe Hébert
located at the Old Port of Montreal
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was erected in front of the port in 1908, on the initiative of the John Young Memorial Committee. It was moved to its current location in front of the Allan Building on rue de la Commune at Saint-Pierre in 1997. John Young was the first Chairman of the Port Commission, responsible for enlarging and developing the port. His efforts were so important that after his death in 1878, he was considered to be the "father" of the port. A figure of Neptune
, symbolically representing the St. Lawrence River, sits at the base of the monument.
Louis-Philippe Hébert
sculpted the figures in 1895.
This monument in memory of John Young
was unveiled on October 4, 1911, the year of the hundredth birthday of John Young.
Louis-Philippe Hébert
Louis-Philippe Hébert was the son of Théophile Hébert, a farmer, and Julie Bourgeois of Ste-Sophie de Mégantic, Quebec. Louis-Philippe Hébert was a sculptor who sculpted forty monuments, busts, medals and statues in wood, bronze and terra-cotta. He taught at the Conseil des arts et manufactures in...
located at the Old Port of Montreal
Old Port of Montreal
Stretching for over two kilometres along the St-Lawrence River in Old Montreal, the Old Port Of Montreal has been the social, economic and cultural soul of Montreal ever since early French fur traders used it as a trading post in 1611...
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This monument in memory of John YoungJohn Young (Canadian politician)
John Young was a member of the Parliament of Canada.- Early life :Young was born in Ayr, Scotland. His family had no particular social position or money. His father William was a cooper by trade....
was erected in front of the port in 1908, on the initiative of the John Young Memorial Committee. It was moved to its current location in front of the Allan Building on rue de la Commune at Saint-Pierre in 1997. John Young was the first Chairman of the Port Commission, responsible for enlarging and developing the port. His efforts were so important that after his death in 1878, he was considered to be the "father" of the port. A figure of Neptune
Neptune (mythology)
Neptune was the god of water and the sea in Roman mythology and religion. He is analogous with, but not identical to, the Greek god Poseidon. In the Greek-influenced tradition, Neptune was the brother of Jupiter and Pluto, each of them presiding over one of the three realms of the universe,...
, symbolically representing the St. Lawrence River, sits at the base of the monument.
Louis-Philippe Hébert
Louis-Philippe Hébert
Louis-Philippe Hébert was the son of Théophile Hébert, a farmer, and Julie Bourgeois of Ste-Sophie de Mégantic, Quebec. Louis-Philippe Hébert was a sculptor who sculpted forty monuments, busts, medals and statues in wood, bronze and terra-cotta. He taught at the Conseil des arts et manufactures in...
sculpted the figures in 1895.
This monument in memory of John Young
John Young (Canadian politician)
John Young was a member of the Parliament of Canada.- Early life :Young was born in Ayr, Scotland. His family had no particular social position or money. His father William was a cooper by trade....
was unveiled on October 4, 1911, the year of the hundredth birthday of John Young.