Literary and Historical Society of Quebec National Historic Event

Québec, Quebec
Literary and Historical Society of Quebec © Parks Canada
Literary and Historical Society of Quebec
© Parks Canada
Literary and Historical Society of Quebec © Parks CanadaLiterary and Historical Society of Quebec © Parks Canada
Address : 44 Chaussée des Écossais (formerly Saint-Stanislas Street), Québec, Quebec

Recognition Statute: Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date: 1984-11-23

Other Name(s):
  • Literary and Historical Society of Quebec  (Designation Name)

Importance: Founded in 1824, led to Geological Survey, Public Archives and Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada

Plaque(s)


Existing plaque: front wall of Morrin College / Former Quebec Prison NHSC 44 Chaussée des Écossais (formerly Saint-Stanislas Street), Québec, Quebec

Founded on the initiative of Lord Dalhousie in 1824 to preserve the documentary record of Canadian history, this was the first Canadian learned society. For 120 years, the Society made important contributions to higher learning as a museum and reference library, through the publication of scholarly works and original documents, and as a platform for lectures on historical and scientific subjects. It also fostered the establishment of the Geological Survey, the Public Archives, and the Historic Sites Monuments Board of Canada. After 1944, it functioned solely as a library.