Maisonneuve Monument

• Main Author: Hébert, Louis-Philippe
• Other Authors: Louis-Philippe Hébert (Canadian sculptor, 1850-1917)
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1895
• Subjects: historical; military; war; portraits; rulers and leaders; Maisonneuve; Paul de Chomedey de; 1612-1676; Native North Americans; Iroquois; Huron; French and Indian Wars; First Nations; Nineteenth century; Beaux-Arts; Canada; Champagne; Indian
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/97891

Monument base, sculpture depicting an Iroquois; Paul Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve (February 15, 1612 – September 9, 1676) was a French military officer and the founder of Montreal, along with Jeanne Mance. He was born into the aristocracy in Neuville-sur-Vanne in Champagne, France. He was the leader of the colonists, sent by a missionary society, who founded Montreal (Ville-Marie), in 1641. The French crown assumed control in 1663, and Maisonneuve was recalled to France in 1665. The statue commemorates Maisonneuve's defense of the colonists against the Iroquois. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 6/20/2009)