Alexander Stevenson : The Colonel with the Cannons
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Alexander Stevenson : The Colonel with the Cannons
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| Abstract |
The Scottish-born Alexander Allan Stevenson (1829-1910) immigrated to Montreal in 1846. A businessman, he was also a member of the Montreal militia, raising to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding, Montreal Field Battery of Artillery. He entered municipal politics in 1861, serving as a city councillor until 1867, and as an Montreal City Alderman from 1882 to 1898. In 1862, the Montreal Field Battery was ordered to stage a 100-gun salute to honour the birthday of the Prince of Wales (the future Edward VII). Instead of giving the salute in the centre of the city, Stevenson led the men of the battery with four horse-drawn cannons, up to the top of Mount Royal, where the salute was given, thus proving to his fellow municipal politicians that the mountain was accessible as a public park.
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Quebec Heritage News
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Vol. 15
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no. 2
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Spring 2021
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22, 24
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en
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| Citation |
McGuire, Susan. “Alexander Stevenson : The Colonel with the Cannons.” Quebec Heritage News, Spring 2021.
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