Small note: next Wednesday, January 26, 2011, I will be the guest of the radio program "Hello 275 on the airwaves of Radio-Canada . In fact, I will answer questions from listeners about the history of Quebec City. Talk to your children 6 to 12 years and enjoy!
In fall 2010, Quebec City Mayor Régis Labeaume, expressed the hope that Gilmour Hill should be open year round. This statement was quick to dive into some commentators sometimes heated debate, including urban sprawl, transit, environment, user safety and even the sovereignty of the city on federal park. This week, the site of Cyberpresse.ca reported that the Commission on National Battlefields announced that a study had been commissioned to show the viability of such a project. But before celebrating its opening winter or not, trying to discover a little history of this artery.
Source: William Notman, "View of L'Anse-au-Foulon, where you can see Booms Gilmour and Company for loading logs" (1860). Library and Archives Canada, online consultation , January 22, 2011.
Coast Gilmour is named in honor of Scottish timber merchant John Gilmour. Born in 1812 he arrived in Quebec around 1832. John is a member of the large extended family that Gilmour moved around what is now New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario in the early 19th century to take an important part in the timber trade. At Quebec (including his brother David) Gilmour's empire is thriving. They operate mainly from the banks of the Anse-aux-Fullers (above), overlooked by the luxurious residence of John, the Marchmont area , located at the top of the current Gilmour Hill. Their empire sink from the mid-1860s or early 1870s along with the drastic decline of the timber trade in Quebec. John Gilmour sink literally with his empire. Here is an excerpt from the newspaper Le Canadien of 28 February 1877, p. 2:
The body of John Gilmour will be found in the late spring of that year under the ice of the port of Montreal. Gilmour's name is synonymous with great wealth of timber merchants on the banks of the river during the heyday of the timber trade in Quebec, the first half of the nineteenth century.
Source: "Early development of Gilmour Hill, April 22, 1931," Commission on National Battlefields. The image is in Jacques Mathieu and Eugene Kedl, The Plains of Abraham: the cult of the ideal P. 226.
But what is the coast Gilmour, it was not until the very end of the nineteenth century that the road to Anse-aux-Fullers take this name. Thus, it traces the history of this road up during the French regime. It is a path which borrowed a plot located in the same section of Cape Diamond that soldiers from Major General James Wolfe borrowed the night of 12 to 13 September 1759 and went to the Plains of Abraham, giving the name of Wolfe's Cove Hill this coast (Wolfe's cove is also the name given to the Anse-aux-Fullers at the beginning of British rule). It would also have called Marchmont Hill in honor of the residence of John Gilmour. Gilmour Hill will be redeveloped (above) as part of major public works initiated after the Great Depression.
Source: "Royal Car, escorted by motorcycles and cars Leaving Wolfe's Cove Dock ascent to Gilmour Hill on way to Parliament Buildings" (May 17, 1939). Library and Archives Canada, online consultation , February 22, 2011. is seen off a row of curious on Gilmour Hill.
In 1947, the Commission on National Battlefields (created in 1908 to administer the city park formed by including the Plains of Abraham, the legacy of the federal government to mark the 300th anniversary of Quebec) gets the coastal management Gilmour cities of Sillery and Quebec. Even if NBC was already managing the land around the coast (since 1927) this track was not yet under its jurisdiction. Since then, the east coast used primarily for winter recreation such as skiing and sledding.
In fall 2010, Quebec City Mayor Régis Labeaume, expressed the hope that Gilmour Hill should be open year round. This statement was quick to dive into some commentators sometimes heated debate, including urban sprawl, transit, environment, user safety and even the sovereignty of the city on federal park. This week, the site of Cyberpresse.ca reported that the Commission on National Battlefields announced that a study had been commissioned to show the viability of such a project. But before celebrating its opening winter or not, trying to discover a little history of this artery.
Source: William Notman, "View of L'Anse-au-Foulon, where you can see Booms Gilmour and Company for loading logs" (1860). Library and Archives Canada, online consultation , January 22, 2011.
Coast Gilmour is named in honor of Scottish timber merchant John Gilmour. Born in 1812 he arrived in Quebec around 1832. John is a member of the large extended family that Gilmour moved around what is now New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario in the early 19th century to take an important part in the timber trade. At Quebec (including his brother David) Gilmour's empire is thriving. They operate mainly from the banks of the Anse-aux-Fullers (above), overlooked by the luxurious residence of John, the Marchmont area , located at the top of the current Gilmour Hill. Their empire sink from the mid-1860s or early 1870s along with the drastic decline of the timber trade in Quebec. John Gilmour sink literally with his empire. Here is an excerpt from the newspaper Le Canadien of 28 February 1877, p. 2:
'disappearance - a telegram from Montreal tells us that it has serious concerns about Mr. John Gilmour, the city disappeared for several days. He had been called to Montreal to settle some cases, a man named [Thomas] McDuff had scrambled nicely. Mr. Gilmour had been greatly afflicted with the infidelity of the man in whom he placed all his confidence. He left the St. Lawrence Hall and his hotel has not been back since. It was found intact his luggage - where did he go. ? Nobody knows? It is believed Mr. Gilmour moved to England. A reward of $ 500.00 is offered to anyone providing information. "
The body of John Gilmour will be found in the late spring of that year under the ice of the port of Montreal. Gilmour's name is synonymous with great wealth of timber merchants on the banks of the river during the heyday of the timber trade in Quebec, the first half of the nineteenth century.
But what is the coast Gilmour, it was not until the very end of the nineteenth century that the road to Anse-aux-Fullers take this name. Thus, it traces the history of this road up during the French regime. It is a path which borrowed a plot located in the same section of Cape Diamond that soldiers from Major General James Wolfe borrowed the night of 12 to 13 September 1759 and went to the Plains of Abraham, giving the name of Wolfe's Cove Hill this coast (Wolfe's cove is also the name given to the Anse-aux-Fullers at the beginning of British rule). It would also have called Marchmont Hill in honor of the residence of John Gilmour. Gilmour Hill will be redeveloped (above) as part of major public works initiated after the Great Depression.
Source: "Royal Car, escorted by motorcycles and cars Leaving Wolfe's Cove Dock ascent to Gilmour Hill on way to Parliament Buildings" (May 17, 1939). Library and Archives Canada, online consultation , February 22, 2011. is seen off a row of curious on Gilmour Hill.
In 1947, the Commission on National Battlefields (created in 1908 to administer the city park formed by including the Plains of Abraham, the legacy of the federal government to mark the 300th anniversary of Quebec) gets the coastal management Gilmour cities of Sillery and Quebec. Even if NBC was already managing the land around the coast (since 1927) this track was not yet under its jurisdiction. Since then, the east coast used primarily for winter recreation such as skiing and sledding.
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