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Louis Hébert (c. 1575 – 25 January 1627) is widely considered the first European apothecary in the region that would later become Canada, as well as the first European to farm in said region. He was born around 1575 at 129 de la rue Saint-Honoré in Paris to Nicolas Hébert and Jacqueline Pajot.
May 16, 2023 · 16 May 2023 Street Views May 17 2023 QCT Editor. Shirley Nadeau. shirley@qctonline.com. This large monument of Louis Hébert, his wife Marie Rolette and their son-in-law Guillaume Couillard is located in Parc Montmorency, on a section of the first farm in New France. The monument, located on Rue Port Dauphin in the Old City, was inaugurated on ...
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In Quebec City, the Louis Hébert Monument stands in the corner of the garden of the Hôtel-de-Ville. The work of Canadian sculptor, Alfred Laliberté, the statue represents Louis Hébert, the first European settler of Canada, standing on the plinth, offering to God the first sheaf of wheat harvested on Canadian soil.
Jan 21, 2008 · Louis Hébert, apothecary, colonist (born circa 1575 in Paris; died in January 1627 in Québec). Louis Hébert visited Canada three times between 1604 and 1613 with the expeditions of Pierre Degua de Monts, Samuel de Champlain, and Jean de Biencourt de Pourtrincourt. In 1617 he decided to settle in Québec City with his wife and three children.
An integral part of the Fortifications of Québec National Historic Site, Montmorency Park was designated a historical site of Canada in 1949. Today, here stand monuments to Louis Hébert, the first Canadian farmer, and Sir George-Étienne Cartier, one of the fathers of Confederation, as well as a plaque commemorating Québec's first parliament ...
Parc Montmorency is located on a section of the first farm in New France, that of Louis Hébert and his wife Marie Rollet. The park has a monument in their memory and in the memory of other pioneers of the colony. The other monument—dedicated to George-Étienne Cartier—helps explain why Québec City is sometimes called the “Old Capital.”.
May 8, 2017 · Marie Rollet and her husband, Louis Hébert — an apothecary from Paris — moved to Québec City with their three children in 1617. There, they settled on 10 arpents of land (about 3.4 hectares), becoming the first European family to farm in New France and support themselves from the soil. They are thus regarded as the original “habitants.”.
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