- Nelson's Column, Montreal
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Coordinates: 45°30′30″N 73°33′14″W / 45.50833°N 73.55389°W
Nelson Column 
Location Place Jacques-Cartier, Old Montreal Material stone Height 62 ft (19 m) Beginning date August 17th 1809 Dedicated to Horatio Nelson 
The Nelson statue that originally stood on top of Nelson's column
Nelson's Column is a monument in Place Jacques-Cartier, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Installed on the Place Jacques-Cartier in 1809, Nelson's column was the second monument to be erected in Montreal.
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History
The column was built in 1809 to commemorate Admiral Horatio Nelson's death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
On August 17th 1809, the foundation of Nelson's monument is laid in Montreal. It is the first monument dedicated to the memory of this admiral in all of the British Empire. In Montreal as in Nelson's Column from London, the admiral stands with his back to the waves.
The Horatio Nelson statue that originally stood on top of Nelson's column in Place Jacques Cartier is now found at the Centre d'histoire de Montréal, after it was removed in 1997 to preserve it from the weather. A copy now stands atop of the column in Place Jacques Cartier.
A monument to a British victory over France in a city that is predominantly French-speaking, the column has garnered its share of controversy. In 1930, francophone residents responded by erecting a statue commemorating Jean Vauquelin, a French sailor during the Seven Years' War, in a nearby city square (now Vauquelin Square).
Other monuments to Nelson
- Nelson's Column in London.
- Nelson's Tower in Forres, Moray
- Nelson's Needle on top Portsdown Hill in Portsmouth, paid for by the company of HMS Victory after arriving back in Portsmouth.
- The first civic monument to be erected in Nelson's honour was a 44-metre high obelisk on Glasgow Green in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1806.
- In the Bull Ring, Birmingham, England, there is a Grade II* listed bronze statue of Nelson by Richard Westmacott, dating from 1809.
- In Dublin, Ireland, Nelson's Pillar, was erected in 1808 and destroyed by the IRA in 1966.
- In Edinburgh, Scotland, Nelson's Monument is a tower commemorating Admiral Horatio Nelson, on top of Calton Hill
- A column, topped with a decorative urn, in the Castle Green, Hereford. A statue was planned in place of the urn but insufficient money was raised. BBC site with photograph.
- The Britannia Monument, Great Yarmouth, England (1819) is a 144 feet high doric column design.
- A much shorter statue of Lord Nelson in Trafalgar Square, Bridgetown, Barbados is older than its taller and more famous counterpart in London. [1][2][3]
See also
- Timeline of Montreal history
Gallery
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In 1830
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In 1930
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Vauquelin Square
Notes
- ^ Lord Nelson Statue. FunBarbados.com
- ^ Barbados Tourism Encyclopaedia - Lord Nelson's Bronze Statue
- ^ The Government of Barbados - Lord Nelson's Bronze Statue
Categories:- Horatio Nelson
- Buildings and structures completed in 1809
- Old Montreal
- History of Montreal
- Monuments and memorials in Montreal
- Monumental columns in Canada
- 1809 in Canada
- Terminating vistas in Canada
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