Media Advisory - Montreal, Capital of United Canada: Results of the Archaeological Dig, in the presence of Denis Coderre, Mayor of Montréal Français

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Pointe-à-Callière, Montreal Museum of Archaelogy and History

Oct 16, 2017, 14:20 ET

MONTRÉAL, Oct. 16, 2017 /CNW Telbec/ - Members of the media are invited to a press conference to reveal the results of the 2017 archaeological dig campaign on one of the most significant sites in the country: the site of the first Canadian Parliament, since Montréal was the capital of the United Province of Canada (or the United Canada) from 1844 to 1849.

The media event will be attended by:
Denis Coderre, Mayor of Montréal,
Francine Lelièvre, Executive Director of Pointe-à-Callière
and Louise Pothier, Chief Curator and Archaeologist at Pointe-à-Callière.

Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at 10:30 a.m.
Parliament of the United Canada archaeological dig site
Place D'Youville Ouest, entrance via rue Saint-Pierre
Montréal

The City of Montréal funded the archaeological digs.

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Pointe-à-Callière, Montreal Museum of Archaelogy and History

Designated a national archaeological and historic site, Pointe-à-Callière presents centuries of history from the settlements of our First Peoples to the present day. Located on a spot occupied by humans for more than a thousand years and on the very site where Montréal was...