Duvernay, Ludger National Historic Person

Montréal, Quebec
Ludger Duvernay (© Bibliothèque et Archives Canada /Library and Archives Canada/MIKAN 4313019)
Ludger Duvernay
(© Bibliothèque et Archives Canada /Library and Archives Canada/MIKAN 4313019)
Address : Montréal, Quebec

Recognition Statute: Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date: 2019-06-05
Life Date: 1799 to 1852

Other Name(s):
  • Ludger Duvernay  (Designation Name)
Research Report Number: 2018-02

Importance: A printer-publisher, he was a key figure in the political and intellectual life of Lower Canada in the first half of the 19th century. He was directly involved in the reviving of Saint-Jean-Baptiste celebrations.