John Young Monument

John Young Monument
	45°30′00″N 73°33′12″W / 45.500134°N 73.553456°W
Location	333 Street de la Commune West
Designer	Louis-Philippe Hébert
Type	Historical Monument
Material	Bronze on stone pedestal
Width	2.75 metres (9.0 ft)
Height	2.9 metres (9.5 ft)
Beginning date	1908
Opening date	October 4, 1911
Dedicated to	John Young

The John Young Monument is a monument of Canadian politician John Young by sculptor Louis-Philippe Hébert. It is located at the Old Port of Montreal, where Young was the first Chairman of the Port Commission.

Overview

This monument in memory of John Young was erected in front of the port in 1908, on the initiative of the John Young Memorial Committee. It was moved to its current location in front of the Allan Building on rue de la Commune at Saint-Pierre in 1997. John Young was the first Chairman of the Port Commission, responsible for enlarging and developing the port. His efforts were so important that after his death in 1878, he was considered to be the "father" of the port. A figure of Neptune, symbolically representing the St. Lawrence River, sits at the base of the monument.^[1]

Louis-Philippe Hébert sculpted the figures in 1895.^{[citation needed]}

This monument in memory of John Young was unveiled on October 4, 1911, the year of the hundredth birthday of John Young.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Hon. John Young Monument, Montreal, QC

External links

Media related to John Young Monument at Wikimedia Commons
http://www.vieux.montreal.qc.ca/inventaire/fiches/fiche_art.php?id=5

[1] Hon. John Young Monument, Montreal, QC

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