place

Macdonald Monument

Allegorical sculptures in CanadaBronze sculptures in CanadaBuildings and structures completed in 1895Copper sculpturesCultural depictions of Canadian men
Cultural depictions of politiciansJohn A. MacdonaldMonuments and memorials in MontrealOutdoor sculptures in MontrealSculptures of men in CanadaSculptures of women in CanadaStatues of politiciansStatues removed in 2020Use Canadian English from June 2020Vandalized works of art in Canada
Sir John A Macdonald Monument Montreal 03
Sir John A Macdonald Monument Montreal 03

The Macdonald Monument (French: Monument à Sir John A. Macdonald) is a monument to John A. Macdonald, first Prime Minister of Canada, by sculptor George Edward Wade (1853-1933), located at Place du Canada in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Macdonald Monument (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

Macdonald Monument
Rue Peel, Montreal Ville-Marie

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: Macdonald MonumentContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 45.498774 ° E -73.569605 °
placeShow on map

Address

Sir John A. Macdonald

Rue Peel
H3B 4C9 Montreal, Ville-Marie
Quebec, Canada
mapOpen on Google Maps

Sir John A Macdonald Monument Montreal 03
Sir John A Macdonald Monument Montreal 03
Share experience

Nearby Places

Downtown Montreal
Downtown Montreal

Downtown Montreal (French: Centre-Ville de Montréal) is the central business district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Located in the borough of Ville-Marie, the district is situated on the southernmost slope of Mount Royal. The downtown region houses many corporate headquarters as well a large majority of the city's skyscrapers — which, by law, cannot be greater in height than Mount Royal in order to preserve the aesthetic predominance and intimidation factor of the mountain. The two tallest of these are the 1000 de La Gauchetière and 1250 René-Lévesque, both of which were built in 1992. The Tour de la Bourse is also a significant high-rise and is home to the Montreal Exchange that trades in derivatives. The Montreal Exchange was originally a stock exchange and was the first in Canada. In 1999, all stock trades were transferred to Toronto in exchange for an exclusivity in the derivative trading market. Place Ville-Marie, is a cruciform office tower designed by I.M. Pei. It was built in 1962, and sits atop an underground shopping mall that forms the nexus of Montreal's underground city, the world's largest. It has indoor access to over 1,600 shops, restaurants, offices, businesses, museums and universities, as well as metro stations, train stations, bus terminals, and tunnels extending all over downtown. The central axis for downtown is Saint Catherine Street, Canada's busiest commercial avenue. The area includes high end retail such as the Holt Renfrew Ogilvy department store as well as Les Cours Mont-Royal shopping centre. Other major streets include Sherbrooke Street, Peel, de la Montagne, de Maisonneuve and Crescent. The skyline may be observed from one of two lookouts on Mount Royal. The lookout at the Belvedere takes in downtown, the river, and the Monteregian Hills. On clear days the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York are visible (the great-circle distance between Mount Royal and the U.S. border along a bee line normal to the border being only ~ 56 km, or ~ 35 miles), as are the Green Mountains of Vermont. The eastern lookout has a view of The Plateau neighbourhood, Olympic Stadium and beyond. Downtown Montreal is also home to the main campuses of McGill University and UQAM and the Sir George Williams campus of Concordia University.

Windsor Hall (Montreal)

Windsor Hall, also known as the Salle Windsor, was the name of two performance spaces attached to the Windsor Hotel in Montreal, Canada. The first Windsor Hall was a concert hall that sat 1300 people which was located next door to the Windsor Hotel. It was built in 1890 and demolished in 1906. During its 16 year history Windsor Hall was the resident performance space for the Montreal Philharmonic Society (1890–1899), the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (1894–1903), and the Montreal Oratorio Society (1902–1906). The New York City Metropolitan Opera toured Windsor Hall in October 1896 under conductor Anton Seidl, and the hall was used for the Cycle of Musical Festivals of the Dominion of Canada in 1903 in concerts presented by Alexander Mackenzie. In February 1904 the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performed in concerts led by Victor Herbert at Windsor Hall. Numerous well known musicians performed at Windsor Hall, among them Emma Albani, Lillian Nordica, the Kneisel Quartet, Vladimir de Pachmann, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Emil Sauer, Ernestine Schumann-Heink, and Eugène Ysaÿe. While predominantly a music venue, Windsor Hall was also used for other events such as lectures and early screenings of silent films. Winston Churchill gave a lecture there in December 1900 during his first visit to Canada. Charles Urban's film series Living Canada was presented at Windsor Hall over a six week period in 1903. After Windsor Hall was demolished, the ballroom of Windsor Hotel was rechristened Windsor Hall. It too served as a performance and event space. The Dubois String Quartet performed there often from 1915 to 1927. The hotel also had its own resident chamber orchestra led by Jean-Yves Landry. The hall ceased being used when the hotel closed in 1981.