Cremazie monument, Montreal, 1906

Montreal Standard, 21 July 1906

First monument ever erected in Canada to a Canadian poet – the Cremazie Memorial on St Louis Square, Montreal, recently unveiled with appropriate ceremonies. It is not a large affair, but it is one of the most artistic monuments on the American continent, and is the work of Phillippe Hebert, a Canadian sculptor. Cremazie was one of the famous French Canadian bards of the 19^th century, his most noted poem being “Le Drapeau de Carillon,” the hero in which is perpetuated in the figure at the base of the monument.

Monument à Louis-Octave Crémazie

Mayor’s Lamps, Montreal, 1908

Montreal Standard, 21 November 1908

It would appear that the city of Montreal placed special street lights in front of the mayor’s residence. I wonder if they still do that, or if not, when it stopped?

Where Montreal’s mayor lives – the residence of Mayor Payette on Laval avenue, near St Louis Square, showing the magisterial lamps, which are always placed by the city in front of the mayor’s house.