| Mount Hermon Cemetery National Historic Site of Canada | |
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| Native name Lieu historique national du Canada du cimetière Mount Hermon (French) | |
 Entrance lodge | |
| Type | National Historic Site of Canada |
| Location | Quebec City, Quebec, Canada |
| Coordinates | 46°46′43″N 71°14′48″W / 46.77851°N 71.24657°W |
| Area | 11 hectares (26 acres) |
| Elevation | 60 m (196.85 ft) |
| Incorporated | 30 May 1849 |
| Founded | February 11, 1848 |
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| Built | 1848 |
| Built for | Quebec City's Anglican community |
| Original use | Cemetery |
| Restored | 2011 |
| Restored by | Construction Couture & Tanguay inc. |
| Current use | Cemetery |
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| Architectural style(s) | |
| Owner | Mount Hermon Cemetery Association |
| Website | www |
| Official name | Mount Hermon Cemetery National Historic Site of Canada |
| Type | National Historic Site of Canada |
| Designated | 8 June 2007 |
| Reference no. | 11837 |
Mount Hermon Cemetery is a garden (or rural) cemetery and National Historic Site of Canada. It is located in the Sillery district (French: quartier) of the Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge borough (French: arrondissement) of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.[1][2][3][4][5] The cemetery was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 2007.[3][4]
The impetus for the creation of the 11-hectare (26-acre) cemetery was the need for the provision of a Protestant burying ground for Quebec City's primarily English language speaking, Protestant community, in the mid–1800s.[6][1]
The cemetery is located at the corner of Saint-Louis Road (French: chemin Saint-Louis) and côte de Sillery (formerly côte de l'Église), on 109,010 m2 (0.042 sq mi) of land overlooking the Saint Lawrence River, in the southeastern direction.[2][1]
More than 17,000 people are buried at Mount Hermon Cemetery.[7] This cemetery draws distinction as being the first garden cemetery (French: cimetière-jardin) established in Canada.[8] Mount Hermon Cemetery, and other garden cemeteries formed in North America, took inspiration from cimetière du Père-Lachaise of Paris.[8]
A memorial was dedicated to the victims of the sinking of the shipwrecked Empress of Ireland, in 1914, and other memorials were erected at later dates on the cemetery's grounds.[2] The major loss of lives aboard the shipwrecked Empress of Ireland had significant impact upon Mount Hermon Cemetery, along with its neighboring cemetery on chemin Saint-Louis: Saint-Patrick's Cemetery, which also relocated from the city of Quebec, in 1879. Both of the cemeteries took on responsibility for a significant number of the ship's passengers whom perished aboard or at sea.
Separately, on the Mount Hermon Cemetery grounds is the Treggett Bell, which was presented in gratitude to the Treggett family, who had members from four different generations of its family serve as Mount Hermon Cemetery's Superintendents, encompassing the years 1865–2014.[7][2]
In addition, the cemetery contains sections dedicated for individuals of Greek (French: section de la communauté grecque orthodoxe), Chinese (French: section de la communauté chinoise), and Cambodian (French: lots des cambodgiens) descent.[2]
The main entrance is accessed at 1801 Saint-Louis Road, at the northern end of the cemetery. There is a pedestrian entrance located at the southwestern portion of the cemetery, accessed at the northern terminus of avenue des Voiliers, one-block east of côte de Sillery. The cemetery grounds contained both paved and gravel roads but has been entirely paved in 2023 with the exception of one dirt road at the bottom leading to the Québec Promontory.[2]
- ^ a b c Lessard, Rénald. Mount Hermon Cemetery in Quebec City (1848–1950). Translated by Gagné, Jacques. pbalkcom.com. Archived from the original on 2019-03-04. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- ^ a b c d e f Aubin, Thérèse; Michaud, Hugues (Fall 2007). "Dévoilement d'un panneau patrimonial au cimetière Mount Hermon" [Unveiling of a Heritage Plaque at Mount Hermon Cemetery] (PDF). La Charcotte : le bulletin de la Société d'histoire de Sillery (in Canadian French). Vol. 21, no. 2. Quebec, Quebec): Société d’histoire de Sillery. pp. 6–7. ISSN 0843-7335. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-03-04.
- ^ a b Mount Hermon Cemetery National Historic Site of Canada. Directory of Federal Heritage Designations. Parks Canada. Retrieved 2018-11-01.
- ^ a b Mount Hermon Cemetery National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
- ^ "Government of Canada Recognizes Mount Hermon Cemetery for its Historic Significance" (Press release). Quebec, Quebec: Government of Canada. Parks Canada. 2016-10-01. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
- ^ Champagne, Serge (2018-06-16). Cimetière Mount Hermon (Québec) – Cimetière #1058 (in Canadian French). Fédération Écomusée-de-l'Au-Delà. Archived from the original on 2019-03-04. Retrieved 2018-11-01.
- ^ a b "Mount Hermon Cemetery". MountHermonCemetery.com. Archived from the original on 2018-11-03. Retrieved 2018-11-01.
- ^ a b Cornellier, Manon (2011-08-15). "Comment l'exemple des cimetières-jardins interprète la mémoire funéraire québécoise" [How the Example of the Garden Cemeteries Interprets Québec's Funerary Memory]. Conserveries Mémorielles (in French) (10). Quebec, Quebec: CÉLAT, Centre de recherche Cultures – Arts – Sociétés (Centre interuniversitaire d’études sur les lettres, les arts et les traditions). ISSN 1718-5556. OCLC 959662214. Archived from the original on 2019-01-26. Retrieved 2018-11-03.